Meat and Bread

A month ago or so, in my prayer and worship time, I was confessing and reminding God of His promises to me about His promised provision. I told him that I have been faithful in giving and need a breakthrough or I didn't know what I was going to do. I heard Him say to me in my heart, "But haven't I been sending the ravens to provide you with meat and bread". I paused and then almost rebuked Him, crying out, "Yes, but God I need more than meat and bread to pay my bills, I need some breakthroughs in finances. Your promises say …" Then I fell silent, as did He, and I felt alone and unworthy. I felt something in my spirit say, "His provision isn't always abundance, sometimes it's just meat and bread." Had I become like an Israelite wandering through the wilderness; manna outside my tent every day, living in God's abundance but not even realizing it, nor giving him praise for it? Had I grown tired and weary in eating the daily bread, while continuously scanning the fields for the harvest, that I had lost gratefulness in the miracle of the daily provision? At that moment, I felt ashamed and repented for taking for granted all the wonderful little ways I walk in His favor and provision each day. And since, I have not ceased praising God for the “Bread and Flesh from the ravens”. While it is easy to shout God’s praises from the mountain tops, it is difficult to praise him in Death Valley, where the food is meager, your lips are dry, and the hope of better days seems more and more desolate with not a cloud in the sky. But stay faithful in your praise of the blessings you walk in. Identify them and give glory for them all; if only the clothes on your back or the breath on your lips. For, He is faithful and will provide for you as you need and will, in season, reward your faithfulness with an abundant harvest. Stop focusing so much on “how many days until the harvest?” and start focusing on and giving God glory for the provision you are already walking in. And soon, without you even noticing, you will have crossed the Jordan and stumbled into the promise.