December 12

“The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness!” — Exod 16:2

As soon as the people of Israel got away from the visible means of sustenance, they lost heart. It is strange, we say, that so soon they could have forgotten all God’s wonderful deliverances in the past.

But are we any more trustful? We sing and are joyful while things go well; and then when affliction or need come–away go the song and the joy! There is a great deal of murmuring still done–when pleasant Elims have to be left for wilderness wanderings. How much happier we would be, if we had learned to walk by faith rather than by sight! A promise of God really is a great deal better security for provision in life, than any quantity of food in store, or any amount of money in the bank. Nothing in this world is so real–as are the invisible things of God’s love. If we are his children–we may trust him absolutely, no matter how dreary the desert may be!