3 And He let you hunger and fed you with manna. Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV
Ridgecrest Baptist Church would be considered a New Testament church. We derive our doctrine from the New Testament and we are structured and governed with NT principles and practices. However, that in no way decreases the importance or relevance of Old Testament stories, lessons, or precepts. Today's verse from Deuteronomy is just as relevant today as it was ______ thousands of years ago.
God allows challenges, but provides strength. He disciplines, but restores. Night is followed by day.
Whatever trials we are facing are there because He has allowed them. Heartache. Illness. Confusion. These will be followed with joy, perfection, clarity.
I see two very real challenges in believe in and the claiming of today's verse.
First, in the Deuteronomy story, the cure for hunger was immediate and very visible. The people were hungry. Food fell from heaven. Problem--Solution. Clear cause and effect. Definite action taken by God. For many of today's trials, God may chose to work on a different timeline with a more subtle intervention. Our faith is strengthened in these times. Imagine how we would start to view God if our prayers were always answered with food falling from the sky. Unemployed? Five job offers in tomorrow's email inbox. Lonely? Three suitors fighting their way to your door on Valentines Day. All too soon our view of God would be of a great genie in a bottle granting our wishes.
Second,
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