. A Most Valuable Lesson for Every
Christian to Learn by J. R. Miller . I will rain down
bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each
day and gather enough for that day. . Ex. 16.4 They were not
to lay up in store, but were taught to live simply by the
day. When night came, they did not
have a supply of food left over for the next day, but were entirely
dependent upon God's new supply to come in the morning. In this
method of providing, God was teaching all future generations
a lesson. When the Master gave the disciples
the Lord's Prayer, He put this same thought of life into it,
for He taught us to say, Give us this day our daily bread. This is a most valuable lesson
for every Christian to learn. We should make a little fence
of trust around each day, and never allow any past or future
care or anxiety to break in. God does not provide in advance
for our needs. We cannot get grace today for
tomorrow's duties, and if we try to bear tomorrow's cares
and burdens today, we shall break down in the attempt. Time comes
to us, not in years, not even in weeks, but in little days. We have nothing to do with life
in the aggregate, that great bulk of duties, anxieties, struggles,
trials, and needs, which belong to a year or even to a month.
We really have nothing to do even with tomorrow. Our sole
business is with the one little day now passing, and the one
day's burdens will never crush us. We can easily carry them
until the sun goes down. We can always get along for one
short day, and that is really all we ever have.