Rubbing the sl
eep from my eyes, I squint outside. Unable to see, I retrieve my glasses and return to the window. The situation is, as I suspected, no manna. It is just as well, manna is probably a starchy carbohydrate, which I cannot eat because it triggers a paralyzing attack. I lean back in my red chair and sip liquid mercy. I am thankful for the strength to raise the coffee mug to my lips.
“Quail, Lord. I can eat quail. You fed your people with oodles of quail.” The obvious lack of manna and request for quail is more than a desire to fill my tummy. Today is my first day of total dependence on God, my first day without a paycheck.
For the past forty years, my strong-willed, determined, and tenacious personality has gotten me this far. However,
I am now at a place where I cannot will myself out of paralysis and muscle weakness. I expected a full recovery within the twelve weeks of my short-term disability. I never imagined something like this to ravage my body so quickly and last this long.
The manna aka short-term disability income ran out.
Glancing down at my phone, I notice a missed call. I return the call and my friend apologizes for the early interruption. She explains “April, I heard the song “I AM” by David Crowder this morning on the radio, I feel like God wanted me to call you today to tell you whatever you need God says, I AM.” I share with my friend, that today is the first day of truly walking by faith and not by sight. Her call was a divine appointment to encourage me today.
Whatever you need, God says, I AM.
I AM is God’s n
ame. I AM is the way God Almighty introduced himself to Moses in the desert. The same I AM that provided manna and quail for His people for over forty years, is also providing for me.
“The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the [Promised] land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate of the produce of Canaan.” (Joshua 5:12)
Pulling from my Scripture, my friend’s phone call, and an online sermon, God reminds me that He provides a new supply of provision for each new season. The Israelites no longer needed to dine on manna and quail alone. God had delivered them to the land of abundance.
Whatever I need, God is I AM.
I AM .
I AM amply supplied. (Philippians 4:18)
I trust the Lord for His unique provision in a new season of my life. New season equals new supply. I AM amply supplied and “it is well with my soul.”
If you are in a season void of manna, I encourage you to watch the sermon “He Took the Manna Off the Menu” by Steven Furtick.
P.S. I wrote this article a month ago, but it never felt the right time to share. Since then, my husband has been on strike with Verizon. Even after a month of no manna from any previous sources. I can say: God is good. He will supply all your needs, and I AM amply supplied.
~April Dawn White
*All Scripture is NIV from Bible Gateway. *Images courtesy of Pixabay. © 2016 April Dawn White, All rights reserved