BIBLICAL FATHERHOOD--THE GREAT NEED OF THE WORLD 11o) THE SHEPHERDING FATHER PROVIDES "FOOD TO THE FULL"FOR HIS FAMILY

Psalm 78:24-25 says, "Yet he had rained down manna on them to eat, and given them of the bread of heaven. Men ate angels' food; He sent them FOOD TO THE FULL." How sad that many Christian families have a very limited and meager appetite for the fresh daily Word of God. No wonder the average Christian family is so malnourished and weak in their spiritual lives.

The children of Israel gathered one omer for each member of their family every day. Most translations of the Bible say that one omer equals two quarts. Dake's Annotated Reference Bible says it equals three quarts, one pint. It goes for reason that a small child could not eat as much as a grown man, therefore what the child could not eat, an adult could possibly eat more. Even though every family received approximately two quarts for each member, they were not to leave any over for the next day. If they did, it bread worms and stank.

Christian families, as well as our churches, have not emphasized enough the importance of the FRESH daily spiritual food that God rains down from Heaven to be gathered and eaten every day.

It had to be gathered each new morning, for when the sun waxed hot it melted. There is something to be said about families getting up early to gather to the Living Bread as soon as the dew lifts from the ground.

Anointed fresh bread from Heaven. Wow.

Be encouraged.

Colin Campbell