领受神的丰盛
你还记得人们在新冠疫情期间所面临的资源短缺吗？在有些地方，几乎找不到酵母或面包。供应链中断，许多人很难获得他们生活的一些必需品。
以色列人在旷野缺粮，就向摩西、亚伦发怨言。但是人们的这种态度有一个问题。他们不信靠神，祂曾把他们从埃及的奴役中释放出来，显明了祂的大能大力（出 12-14）。他们的贪求和对记忆的错解，使他们目光短浅，不快乐——他们开始抱怨说他们在埃及过得反而更好！
然而，神每天晚上赐下肉给他们，每天早晨将“从天上来的粮” 赐给他们。到了晚上，“有鹌鹑飞来，遮满了营，”人们吃得很饱。到早晨，他们在地上找到小圆物，可以拿来吃，做成饼。他们叫作吗哪。但没过多久，人们又开始抱怨和发牢骚了。
当意识到我们经常重复同样的错误，这多么令人惭愧：我们把注意力放在我们认为能使我们快乐的事物上，而忽视了神每天倾注在我们生活中的美好。
主啊，赦免我们让自私的欲望占据了自己。求你帮助我们学会知足，满心知道我们所领受的各样美善的恩赐都是从你而来。阿们。
出埃及记 16:1-16, 31-32
1以色列全会众从以琳起行，在出埃及后第二个月十五日，到了以琳和西奈中间汛的旷野。
2以色列全会众在旷野向摩西、亚伦发怨言，
3说：“巴不得我们早死在埃及地耶和华的手下，那时我们坐在肉锅旁边，吃得饱足。你们将我们领出来，到这旷野，是要叫这全会众都饿死啊！”
4耶和华对摩西说：“我要将粮食从天降给你们。百姓可以出去，每天收每天的份，我好试验他们遵不遵我的法度。
5到第六天，他们要把所收进来的预备好了，比每天所收的多一倍。”
6摩西、亚伦对以色列众人说：“到了晚上，你们要知道是耶和华将你们从埃及地领出来的。
7早晨，你们要看见耶和华的荣耀，因为耶和华听见你们向他所发的怨言了。我们算什么，你们竟向我们发怨言呢？”
8摩西又说：“耶和华晚上必给你们肉吃，早晨必给你们食物得饱，因为你们向耶和华发的怨言，他都听见了。我们算什么？你们的怨言不是向我们发的，乃是向耶和华发的。”
9摩西对亚伦说：“你告诉以色列全会众说：‘你们就近耶和华面前，因为他已经听见你们的怨言了。’”
10亚伦正对以色列全会众说话的时候，他们向旷野观看，不料，耶和华的荣光在云中显现。
11耶和华晓谕摩西说：
12“我已经听见以色列人的怨言。你告诉他们说：‘到黄昏的时候，你们要吃肉，早晨必有食物得饱，你们就知道我是耶和华你们的神。’”
13到了晚上，有鹌鹑飞来，遮满了营。早晨，在营四围的地上有露水。
14露水上升之后，不料，野地面上有如白霜的小圆物。
15以色列人看见，不知道是什么，就彼此对问说：“这是什么呢？”摩西对他们说：“这就是耶和华给你们吃的食物。
16耶和华所吩咐的是这样：你们要按着各人的饭量，为帐篷里的人按着人数收起来，各拿一俄梅珥。”
31这食物，以色列家叫吗哪，样子像芫荽子，颜色是白的，滋味如同搀蜜的薄饼。
32摩西说：“耶和华所吩咐的是这样：要将一满俄梅珥吗哪留到世世代代，使后人可以看见我当日将你们领出埃及地，在旷野所给你们吃的食物。”
Receiving God's Abundance
"That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning. . . . thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor." - Exodus 16:13-14
Do you remember the shortages that people faced during the COVID-19 pandemic? In some areas, it seemed there was no yeast or bread to be found. Supply chains were interrupted, and it was difficult for many people to find some basic things that they needed.
The Israelites faced a scarcity of food in the desert, and they complained bitterly to Moses and Aaron. But there was a problem with the people's perspective. They didn't trust God, who had shown his great power by freeing them from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 12-14). Their cravings, and their confused memories, left them short-sighted and unhappy—and they began to say they were better off in Egypt!
Nevertheless, God provided for them by giving them meat every evening and "bread from heaven" every morning. That very evening, "quail came and covered the camp," and the people ate heartily. And in the morning they found flakes on the ground that they could eat and make into bread. They called it manna. But it wasn't long before the people were grumbling and complaining again.
How humbling it can be to realize that we often do the same: we get focused on something that we think we need in order to be happy, and we overlook the goodness that God is already pouring into our lives each day.
Lord, forgive us for letting our cravings get the best of us. Help us to be content, knowing that every good gift we receive is from you. Amen.
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