Manna Not (Good) Enough!

The rabble with them began to crave other food,and again the Israelites started wailing and said,"If only we had meat to eat!We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost-also the cucumbers,melons,leeks,onions and garlic.But now we have lost our appetite;we never see anything but this manna!"
Numbers11:4-6

The Exodus led by Moses was a victorious sight-the mass escape from the slavery of Egypt and their deliverance to freedom!However,soon after the Israelites left the bondage of Egypt they began to crave for the food of Egypt.The provision that God gave them:manna-was not good enough.They were bored with it and began to look back and yearn for the tasty,delicious,attractiveness,sinful of their past.

Friends as Christians we have made a decision to follow Jesus.But following Jesus is a long journey.The manna God provides for this journey may taste good initially,but after some time do we begin to look back at our past and long for the "leeks,onions and garlic" of our past?God has broken us free from the bondages of our past,but do we still allow oiur past to dwell in us by longing to go back to it?Do we after a long time following Jesus,realize it a long and sacrificing and then start to long to go back to our past?

Friends today I want to encourage you never to return to the Egypt God delivered you from.You have made a commitment to follow Jesus,don't turn back.Feed on the manna,that is God's Word,it may sometimes seem boring,but let us press on to feed on it-to read listen and obey.It will give us the spiritual strength to take the next step,to go that bit further,to walk that one more step to fulfilling the destiny God has for our lives.God never said it was going to be easy,but he said it would be worth it.Your earthly sacrifices are nothing compared to your heavenly salvation.


I have decided to follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back,no turning back

Though none go with me,I still will follow
Though none go with me,I still will follow
Though none go with me,I still will follow
No turning back
No turning back

The world behind me,the cross before me
The world behind me,the cross before me
The world behind me,the cross before me
No turning back
No turning back

Will you decide now,to follow Jesus
Will you decide now,to follow Jesus
Will you decide now,to follow Jesus
No turning back
No turning back