Not long ago I saw another one of those news stories about a McDonald's cheeseburger from twenty years ago that someone has kept and it still hasn't gone bad. I see one of these every few years, and it always renews my desire not to eat McDonald's. It's not natural for food to last that long.
In the same vein, God commands that some of the manna be preserved as a reminder to the people of how God miraculously fed them in the wilderness. It's not natural that food last that long -- but unlike McDonald's, which depends on chemicals, this food is preserved as a miracle of God. It's a reminder to the people that it wasn't natural for food to fall from the sky. It wasn't natural for the people to endure the wilderness, but God intervened and provided food for their journey. God sustained them through manna. The manna was preserved as a reminder of how God watches out for God's people.
What do you have in your day, in your life, that reminds you of how God preserves you? We all need reminders. Let us have consistent occasions to stop and remember all that God has done for us.
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