The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 8 May 2026
Daily Fountain Devotional 8 May 2026 TOPIC: The Caring God
SCRIPTURE READING:Exodus 16:31-36
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE:
The story in our text today proves God as Jehovah Jireh. This is in line with the professed faith of Abraham that “God will provide” (Gen. 28:22), as he was heading to Moriah to sacrifice Isaac, on God’s order. Our Lord faithfully provided the people with manna for forty years in the wilderness until they entered the Promised Land. This food was tasty and nutritious and that is why the Israelites solely depended on it for 40 years (Josh. 5:12).
The first lesson for us here is that Our God is a covenant-keeping God. Similarly, the Lord graciously provided manna and quail, despite the people’s grumbling. This shows how merciful our God is and His readiness to meet our needs without minding our unworthiness. However, we should reciprocate His blessings and provision with obedience.
The Israelites were commanded to keep an omer of manna in the Ark of the Covenant as a lasting reminder of the Lord’s gracious provision for their physical needs. In the same vein, Jesus refers to this provision of manna in Exodus 16 to describe Himself as the bread of life. He proved this by feeding the 5,000 people. So, we should put our trust in Him for He will take care of us. Let us, therefore, cast our burden and anxiety on Him because He cares for us (1 Pet. 5:7).
PRAYER: Lord, give me the grace to put my trust in you and believe that you can meet me at the point of my need. Amen.