Thursday, A ugust 5, 1937
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON
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B y REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
® W estern Newspaper Union.
Fun for the W h o le Family
Lesson for August 8
GOD FEEDS A PEOPLE.
LESSON TEXT—Exodus 18:11-20: 17:2-8.
GOLDEN TEXT—Every good gift and ev
ery perfect gift is from above, and cometh
from the Father. Jam es 1:17.
PRIMARY TOPIC—When G o d s People
Were Hungry.
JUNIOR TOPIC—God Feeding His Peo
ple.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
How God Provides for Our Needs.
YOUNG PEO PLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
G od's Supply Adequate for a Nation's Need.
Israel, led by God, is on a jour
n ey to the prom ised land. But to
reach their goal they m ust pass
through the w ilderness. Not only
are there w eary m iles to travel,
but there are privations to be en
dured. Life is like that.
“P eople m ay be strong and hope
ful at the beginning of a project,
and m ost effusively and devoutly
thankful at its close, but the diffi
cu lty is to go m anfully through the
p rocess. Israel w as in the desert,
and never were spoiled children
m ore peevish, suspicious, and al
together ill-behaved. If they could
h ave stepped out of Egypt into Ca
naan at once, probably they would
have been as pious a s m ost of us;
but there w as the w eary interval,
the inhospitable wilderness! So it
is in our life. A ccept it as a solem n
and instructive fact that life is a
process . . . m ore than a beginning
and an ending” (Joseph P ark er),
t N ote how elem en tal are m an’s
n eed s in the final analysis—bread
and w ater. The very things w e take
alm ost for granted as w e concern
ou rselves with life’s w eighty inter
e sts and profound problem s becom e,
if lacking, the only things that have
an y real m eaning. And who is it
that can provide them? No one but
God H im self.
I. Bread from Heaven. (Exod.
16:11-20).
O bserve first of all that this w as
a divine provision. There are re
sponsibilities in life which w e m ay
bear—and m ust bear, but in the
ultim ate m eeting of our real needs
w e m ust look to God.
Secondly, w e note that it w as a
d aily provision. What forehanded
folk m any of us are, and no doubt
rightly so, for God puts no prem ium
on im providence. But once again
w e m ust recognize, as did Israel in
receivin g the daily m anna in the
w ilderness that ours is indeed a
m om ent by m om ent existence. We
plan b ravely for the next decade or
the next generation, but as a m atter
of fa ct it can only com e to pass
“ if the Lord w ill.” Read Jam es
5:13-17.
F in ally, it w as a lim ited pro
v isio n -e n o u g h for the day and no
m ore, excep t for a double portion
on the sixth day, and none at all
on the Sabbath. T hese provisions
w ere m ade clear to Israel, and yet
there w ere those who attem pted to
la y up for the morrow, and som e
even w ent out to seek m anna on the
Sabbath day.
We m arvel at their stubborn ob
tuseness, but are w e not often just
lik e them . Som e there are who are
alw ays expecting that the law s of
both God and m an should be set
a sid e for them , but, m ark it well,
they ultim ately com e to grief. The
spiritual application is obvious, and
m ost serious. God has provided a
w a y of redem ption, and has m ade
clea r how m an should and m ust
relate h im self to it. F olly it is to
ignore God’s plan.
II. A Bock in the W ilderness.
(E xod. 17:3-6).
“ And the people thirsted”—for the
d aily m anna w as not enough—they
m ust have w ater. N eedy, yes, con
stantly needy are God's children.
God alw ays provides. There is
a rock in the w ilderness. But what
pleasu re does a m urmuring people
find in a rock when they fam ish for
w ater? It is God’s delightful custom
to m eet our needs in unexpected
w ays and by m ean s which w e do
not understand. E ven our physical
n ecessities com e from unthought of
sources.
III. The Bread and the Water of
Life.
Let us m ake certain that w e do
not m iss the spiritual truth of our
lesson which is revealed by Scrip
ture itself. P aul speak s in I Corinth
ian s 10:1-4 of this very incident in
the experience of Israel, and says
that they "did all eat the sam e
spiritual m eat and did all drink
th e sa m e spiritual drink; for they
drank of that spiritual Rock that
follow ed them : and that Rock w as
C hrist.” See also John 4:14.
Hungry and thirsty soul, you who
a re still unsatisfied after tasting all
that life apart from Christ has to
offer, w ill you not, just now, take
h im who is the living bread, and
co m e to the Rock which flows with
livin g water?
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The Rem orseful Gossip
“Som etim es I wonder whether
there is any truth in the old saying,
‘Be good and you will be happy.’ ”
“ What’s the trouble?”
“ I m ade up m y mind the other day
that I would be truthful and obliging.
I answered every question anybody
asked m e.”
“ And told the exact truth?”
“ Y es. And none of the people I
told the truth about now speak to
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m e.
Character is revealed by sm all
things; it is also hidden by sm all
things. Speech often hides it, and
again distorts it, for those who
brand th em selves by the pettiness
of their conversation have som e
tim es unsuspected depths within;
but the su rest revealer of character
is silen ce—intelligent silence.
The Reason
John—Did you hear what they did
with the horses that had their tails
burnt off when the stables caught
fire?”
Jim —No, what happened to them?
John—They had to be sold whole
sale.
Jim —But why wholesale?
John—B ecause they couldn’t be
retailed.
P rogress
No m an who feels the worth and
solem n ity of w hat is at stake will
be ca reless as to his progress.
Mother's a DetoeUve
B etty—How did mother discover
you hadn’t token a bath?
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B illy—I forgot to wet the soap.
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