Each Day

Exodus 16:16–24 NIV84

16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’ ” 17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. 18 And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed. 19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.” 20 However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them. 21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as he needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. 23 He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’ ” 24 So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it.

1. Trust God to provide Each Day

Sub Point 1.1: Daily Bread

Matthew 6:11 “11 Give us today our daily bread.”

Sub Point 1.2: Trusting God's Timing

Psalm 27:14 “14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”

Sub Point 1.3: Gratitude for God's Provision

1 Thessalonians 5:18 “18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

In case of a rainy day fallacy

You begin to trust your plans more than God’s

Relationships are the same

Don’t hold on to old contacts “just in case” it doesn’t work

Just in case means you have doubts

Leftovers just in case God doesn’t provide

2. Trust God’s guidance Each Day

Sub Point 2.1: The Pillar of Cloud and Fire

Exodus 13:21–22 “21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.”

Sub Point 2.2: Following God's Lead

Proverbs 3:5–6 “5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

God is the God of the living

Yesterday is dead

Sub Point 2.3: The Importance of Rest

Exodus 20:8–10 “8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.”

Leftovers just in case God doesn’t guide me

3. Obey God Each Day

Sub Point 3.1: Obedience to God's Commandments

Psalm 119:60 “60 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.”

Sub Point 3.2: Trusting God's Instructions

Proverbs 16:20 “20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.”

Sub Point 3.3: The Consequences of Disobedience

Deuteronomy 8:2 “2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.”

Disobedience Stinks

Don’t smell like yesterday

Yesterday’s obedience was good enough for yesterday

Today, you have to grow up not just grow old

4. Trust in God’s Faithfulness Each Day

Sub Point 4.1: God's Promise of Provision

Philippians 4:19 “19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”

Sub Point 4.2: Remembering God's Faithfulness

Lamentations 3:22–23 “22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

God doesn’t take a day off

Sub Point 4.3: Trusting God for the Future

Proverbs 3:5–6 “5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Let go of yesterday so that you can enter your future

The longer you stay in yesterday the longer it will take you to get in to your future

Be transformed

Be Changed

Stop living on yesterday’s blessing

God has more for you