Exodus 19:1 says, In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.  The people of Israel were on the move once more, going into the wilderness of Sinai.  Verse two states, For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.  They camped again in the desert of Sinai, which is also referred to as the wilderness, near a mountain.  It was not the Promised Land in any aspect.  We today will never find our promised land, Heaven, here on the earth.  We are always going to be camping in the wilderness until we leave this world.  Verse three says, And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;  Moses went up the mountain and God called out to him.  We may go looking for God, but it is always God Who will find us.  God began to tell Moses what he was to say to the people of Israel, God's chosen people.  Wen we witness to those around us, we must make sure that it is God's word that we are sharing.  Verse four states, Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.  Moses was to remind the people that it was God Who had delivered them from Pharaoh and Egypt.  We today, as followers of Christ, must always remember that God delivered us from the slavery of sin.  Verse five proclaims, Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:  God made a promise with a provision.  If the people of Israel would obey His voice and keep His covenant, then they would be a peculiar treasure to God.  If they were special simply because of who they were, then there would have been no provision added.  We, as followers of Christ, are not special because of who we are or where we were born, but because we enter into a covenant relationship with God through our faith in Christ.  Verse six adds, And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.  When the people of Israel entered into a covenant relationship with God, then they would be  kingdom of priests and a holy nation.  We as Christians believe in the priesthood of the believer and are part of a holy nation.  This is not some geographical kingdom, but a spiritual one.  Verse seven says, And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.  Moses came down the mountain and first called the elders and shared with them what God had said.  We do not have to share the gospel through anyone else, but can witness individually to everyone we that God sends us to.  Verse eight adds, And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.  We are told that all the people said that hey would do what God had said.  Today, if we are truly to be God's people, then we must do what He says, individually and collectively.  Moses went back to tell God what the people had said.  We are so blessed that we can go directly to God with our cares and concerns and never have to go through anyone else nor to a particular place to talk to God.  Verse nine declares, And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.  God said that He was going to speak directly to the people of Israel through a thick cloud so that they would know that it was God Who was telling Moses what to say.  When God first calls us to Him, we do not clearly see Who He is, and we never will fully understand in this life, but we see enough to know that He is God.  Verse ten adds, And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,  God told Moses to go to the people and sanctify them to encounter God the third day.  We do not have to go through any purifying ritual to meet Christ today, but I believe that once we do encounter Him and accept Christ as our Savior and Lord, that God expects us to purify ourselves daily through obedience to His word.  Verse eleven continues, And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.  The people then were to be ready too meet God on the third day, just as we meet Christ today because of what He did on the third day after the crucifixion.  Verse twelve proclaims, And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:  The people were not to touch the mountain.  I believe this is because if they did so they would have been trying to force God to meet them on their terms.  We can only meet God on His terms, which is through the blood of Christ.  Verse thirteen concludes, There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.  Once more, we are told that God would come to the people, just as He comes to us today to call us to salvation.  Verse fourteen states, And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.  Moses went and told the people what to do, and they did it.  We today can tell the people what they must do to be saved, but it is up to them to respond,   Verse fifteen adds, And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.  Moses wanted the people to be dedicated to coming before God as pure as they could be.  Of course, we know that spiritual purity is what we should strive for before God.

Exodus 18;13 says,  And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.  Moses was the judge in all matters concerning the people of Israel, and he sat from morning until evening to settle disputes among them.  We would think that they would have had little to argue about, but this was not the case.  We would think that followers of Christ would have little to argue about among themselves today, but this is often not the case.  Verse fourteen states, And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?  Jethro questioned Moses as why he alone was spending all his time judging the people.  Today, we should not expect the pastor to do everything in the church.  The job of the pastor is really to preach and teach, not to handle every detail related to the church.  Verse fifteen says, And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:  I believe that Moses was saying that the people of Israel saw him as the only one who represented God.  We need to be careful that we don't get that same attitude.  Every believer has just as much access to God as every other believer, and we are called for a specific purpose to help God's kingdom function properly.  Verse sixteen adds, When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. Moses said they came to him and he made God's laws known to them.  Though we should make God's laws known to other believers and the world, those who are Christians should already know what God's law teaches and should rely on the Holy Spirit for guidance.  Verse seventeen says, And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.  Then verse eighteen adds,  Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.  Jethro told Moses that what he was doing was not good for him or the people.  Moses and those who needed a judgment were all spending most of their time waiting, and Jethro said that Moses would wear out trying to do this.  As Christians, we must not put our pastors in the same situation today.  Verse nineteen continues, Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:  Jethro asked Moses to listen to his advice.  Moses was God's representative to the people of Israel, but he was not the only one who God was working through.  Jethro advised Moses to represent God with questions concerning God.  We must always remember that we are not alone in knowing what God would have us do, nor is a pastor.  Verse twenty states, And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.  Like Moses, pastors today are to teach others the laws of God and what they mean.  Verse twenty-one says,  Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:  Jethro told Moses that he was to select good men who feared God to be rulers over the others.  They were to be divided into rulers of thousands, hundreds, and tens.  Even those chosen were not to be rulers over large groups alone.  Of course, today one Christian does not rule over another, but we do have different purposes so that the whole burden does not fall on one individual.  Verse twenty-two adds, And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.  Jethro advised Moses to do as he asked.  Moses could have said that he was the one God had chosen to deliver the people of Israel and that he didn't need advice from Jethro.  We cannot have the attitude that only we can know what God wants.  Verse twenty-three concludes, If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.  Though this advice came from Jethro, he told Moses to make sure that it came from God.  When people give us advice today, even fellow believers, we must make sure that the advice comes from God.  Verse twenty-four declares, So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.  Moses listened to Jethro.  We should always be willing to listen to other Christians when we have a problem, but we must make sure that their advise is consistent with God's word.  Verse twenty-five adds, And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.  Then verse twenty-six continues, And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.  Moses appointed the rulers as Jethro had advised, and then he let them do what they had been appointed to do.  If we are in a position that could be viewed as being over someone else, we must allow them to do their job without attempting to do it our self.  Verse twenty-seven concludes, And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.  After this, Jethro went back to his own land.  We all have different areas of the world in which to serve, and like Moses we must be willing to let others go to serve where they have been called.

Exodus 18;1 says, When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;  Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, heard what God had done for Moses.  Jethro did not hear what Moses had done, but what God had one for Moses and the people of Israel.  God had delivered them from slavery in Egypt.  We need to let people hear today what God has done for us when He delivers us from the power and penalty of sin.  Verse two states, Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,  Moses' wife and children had been with his father-in-law Jethro, and he was bringing them back to Moses.  I believe that Moses left them when he confronted Pharaoh because he knew that God had promised to bring him back to them.. Verse three adds, And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:  The first son was Gershom, meaning I am a stranger in a strange land.  Verse four continues, And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:  The second son was named Eliezer, which meant that God was his help and would deliver him from the sword of Pharaoh.  These sons were named before the deliverance from Egypt, but Moses already had faith in God's deliverance.  As we await the second coming of Christ today, we should have that same type faith.  Verse five says, And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:  Jethro brought Moses' wife and sons to him in the wilderness where Moses was encamped on the mount of God.  Today, we will always be physically in the wilderness of sin, but as followers of Christ, we will also be spiritually on the mount of God.  Verse six states. And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.  Jethro simply stated that was bringing Moses' family to him.  It is a wonderful thing when our family comes to us when we are with God.  We cannot make them accept Christ as their Savior and Lord, but we should always show them the way to salvation.  Verse seven adds, And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.  Jethro and Moses had a happy reunion.  One day, when Christ returns for His people, we will have a happy reunion with all other Christians, our spiritual family.  Verse eight states, And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.  Moses told Jethro all that God had done and not all that he had done.  We today must make sure that God receives the glory for all that He does in our lives.  Verse nine declares, And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.  Jethro, the priest of Midian, rejoiced in what God had done.  He was not jealous of Moses because of his role, but simply rejoiced in the Lord.  When we today hear of God doing a great work through someone else, we should likewise rejoice in the Lord with them.  Verse ten adds, And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.  Jethro ask that the LORD be blessed because of His deliverance of Israel.  Today, we must ask that God be blessed because He has delivered us from the power and penalty of sin if we accept His gift of salvation through Christ.  Verse eleven continues, Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.  Though he was a priest, it seems that Jethro was just now certain of God being the only true God.  If we have accepted Christ as our Redeemer, then we must acknowledge that He is the only God.  Verse twelve concludes, And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.  Jethro offered a sacrifice to God, and Aaron and all the elders joined him.  Though we can only be saved individually, we need to come together often to worship God.

Exodus 17:8 says, Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.  The Israelites encountered their first fight since leaving Egypt when Amalek came to fight against them.  As followers of Christ, we can be certain that it won't be long after we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord that we will have the world come to fight us.  Verse seventeen states, And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.  Moses had Joshua choose the men to go fight, and Moses was going to stand at the top tof the hill with the rod of God in his hand.  We are not told so, but must assume that Moses prayed about this and believed it to be God's will for them.  I believe that this was a representation to the people of Israel that God was watching over them.  Though we have no physical sign today, we as Christians can be certain that God is watching over us at all times.  Verse ten adds, So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.  Joshua went to fight with Amalek and Moses went up to the top of the hill with Aaron and Hur.  Moses did not go alone relying only on his own strength to fulfill his role.  Though I know God could have given Moses the ability to do this alone, Moses wanted some others with him.  Even if they aren't with us physically, when we go to do what God has called us to do, we need to realize that other Christians are with us spiritually.  Verse eleven declares, And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.  When Moses held up his hand with the rod of God in it, Israel would be winning, but when he let it down, Amalek would be winning.  As stated before, the rod was nothing magical, but represented the presence of God to the people.  We today will always be successful over the powers of the world when we rely on God's presence to guide our lives.  When we let our guard down and begin to rely on our own abilities, then we will be like the people of Israel when they were not under the protection of God.  Verse twelve adds, But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.  Aaron and Hur sat Moses down and propped up his hands until the sun set.  We today may need help from other Christians at times when we seem too tired to carry on, but fortunately we are never alone.  We should always be ready to accept help from others when we need it and offer it to others when they need it.  Sometimes we may be like Moses, but at other times we may be like Joshua and Hur.  Verse thirteen adds, And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.  Joshua and his army, by  the power of God, defeated Amalek.  When we are doing what God calls us to do by His power, we will never suffer an ultimate defeat.  Verse fourteen declares, And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.  God told Moses to write a memorial in a book and rehearse it with Joshua, and that God would remove the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.  Today, those who accept Christ as their Savior and Lord have their names written down in God's book of life, and those who do not will ultimately have their names forgotten forever.  Verse fifteen states, And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:  Then verse sixteen adds, For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.  Moses built an altar to God to celebrate God's victory over Amalek.  As Christians, we should always be quick to give God the glory when we are victorious over the forces of evil.  God could have just eliminated Amalek by His own power, but He chose to allow the people of Israel to be involved in the battle.  Just as they went to face and fight the enemy, so must we today.  We cannot just withdraw from the world and allow God to do everything.  I believe that God expects us to be out in the world fighting for what is right.

Exodus 17:1 says, And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.  The people of Israel journeyed out of the wilderness of Sin, which was evidently the name of a place,  We as followers of Christ journey out of a spiritual wilderness of sin when we accept Him as our Savior and Lord.  They set up in Rephidim, but there was no water to drink.  We today set up camp in this world, short of the promised land of Heaven, but at least we have the spiritual water to drink.  Just as God had promised the Israelites a land flowing with milk and honey, He has promised us everlasting life, no matter what happens in this world.  Verse two states, Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?  The people began to complain to Moses, demanding that he give them water to drink.  They still evidently did not understand that Moses was just God's  spokesman, or possibly they thought that Moses was there to get anything they demanded from God.  We need to understand that as followers of Christ we are not here to give people anything they demand, but are simply spokesmen of God, pointing them to Him.  Also, as His followers, we are not here to demand everything we want.  We simply need to put our faith in God without complaining.  Moses asked them why they were chiding, or complaining to him, and by doing so tempting the LORD.  We should never be guilty of tempting, or doubting, God.  Verse three adds,  And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?   The murmuring of the people of Israel got a little more personal.  They asked Moses why he, and once again not God, had led them out of Egypt if their cattle and they were to die of thirst in the wilderness.  They still lacked faith in God.  Some people today may respond to the gospel expecting everything in life to suddenly be right, but having not truly accepted Christ by faith.  If they do, they may come to us at the first time of trouble and complain that they are worse off than they were before.  Verse four states, And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.  Moses at least knew to go to God for the answer.  Moses was still doing what God called him to do, and he was afraid he was going to get stoned for his trouble.  When the world seems to be closing in around us, if we are doing what God has called us to do, we should only cry out to Him for answers.  Sometimes, like Stephen, the answer may be that we get stoned, but we must never lose our faith in God.  Verse five declares, And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.  God told Moses to take his rod and the elders of Israel and go before the people of Israel.  The first thing Moses had to do was act by faith in God, just as we must today.  Verse six adds, Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.  God told Moses when he got to the rock of Horeb that he was to hit the rock with the rod and God would bring water out of the rock.  Once more, their was nothing magical about the rod, but it represented God's presence with Moses.  When God works through us today, it is not because He has to, but because He chooses to.  Verse seven concludes, And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?  Moses named the place to indicate that it was a place where the people had tempted God, questioning whether God was with them or not.  As followers of Christ, we have to firmly claim the promise that wherever we are God is with us through the Holy Spirit.  We certainly do not need places in our lives named for our lack of faith and questioning God.

Exodus 16:28 says, And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?  Though it was really the people of Israel who were refusing to obey or doubting God, Moses was God's representative to them, so he was asked the question about refusing to obey God.  As Christians, we are God's representatives to the world today, and we need to pray that God doesn't ask us how long we will refuse to obey His commands, especially the command to carry the gospel into the world.  Verse twenty-nine states, See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.  God was referring to the keeping of the Sabbath in particular.  God had made provisions for the people to gather enough on the day before so that they could keep the Sabbath set aside for Him.  Since keeping one day, the Sabbath, set aside for God was always important, is it any less important that we keep one day, for us the Lord's Day, or Sunday, set aside for God?  I believe God still expects us to do this.  Verse thirty declares, So the people rested on the seventh day.  The people of Israel obeyed God and rested on the seventh day.   As stated above, we need a day set aside for God every week.  Verse thirty-one says, 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.  They called the bread Manna, and it was sweet tasting, like wafers made with honey.  God didn't just give them bread.  He gave them sweet tasting bread.  God will always give us more than we really deserve if we put our faith in Him.  Verse thirty-two states, 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.  Moses told the people to fill an omer with the bread to keep as a memorial to God.  Verse thirty-three adds, 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.  Moses told Aaron to fill a pot with the manna to keep as a memorial to God for the generations to come.  If we have a memorial today, it is the empty cross, but most importantly, as followers of Christ, we have the Holy Spirit indwelling us.  Of course, we also observe the Lord's Supper as a memorial to Christ.  Verse thirty-four declares, As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.  Aaron did as God had instructed Moses to do.  This was God's plan and not just Moses' idea.  We need to make sure that God is the source our plan today and that we are not just attempting to get our way by claiming that it is His plan.  Verse thirty-five continues, 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.  God provided the manna for the people of Israel for forty years, until they got to the Promised Land.  Today, God will provide for us if we are followers of Christ until we get to the Promised Land which is Heaven.  Verse thirty-six concludes. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.  This simply gives us the amount that an omer was.

Exodus 16:13 says, And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.  In the evening, the LORD provided quail for the Israelites to eat.  They were complaining about starving, and God provided even more than just the bare minimum for them to eat.  I believe that we should be more concerned about spiritual hunger than we should physical, because if we are spiritually close to God, then we won't allow physical hunger or concerns to cause us to murmur against God.  Verse fourteen states, And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.  The ground was covered with dew in the morning, and when the dew disappeared, the ground was covered with small round things.  Verse fifteen sys, And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.  The people of Israel did not know what it was, so they called it manna.  Moses then told them that it was the bread rained down from heaven by God.  We may fail to recognize God's blessings at times because they do not look like what we are expecting.  This was not bread like the people of Israel were used to seeing, but since God provided it, I believe it was even better.  Verse sixteen adds, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.  Moses gave the people specific commands about gathering the bread.  They were to gather an omer for each person in the tent.  We today could learn from this.  God does not tell us that He will provide for our entire life's needs today, but that He will provide for our needs daily, so we should learn to be content with having our needs met daily.  Verse seventeen continues, And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.  The people did more or less what God had told them to do through Moses.  Then verse eighteen conclude, And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.  I believe that the fact that they attempted to comply with what God said was more important than the literal amount that they gathered.  Everyone had their needs met, and no more.  When we come to Christ, it is the fact that we come, and not how we come that matters.  Some people's faith may not be quite as strong as others, but if they come, they will both be spiritually filled.  Verse nineteen says, And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.  Moses told them not to leave anything over until morning.  I believe that we too often worry about tomorrow and attempt to want to keep things stored up for tomorrow instead of being willing to just rely on God daily.  Verse twenty states, Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.  Not all people listened to Moses then, and he was upset with them, and not all people listen to God today, even those who are followers of Christ.  Even as we say we think the second coming of Christ will be soon, we want a lifetime of physical security for ourselves.  Verse twenty-one adds, And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.  What wasn't used melted away, but every person had their needs met.  What we don't use for God today will likewise melt away some day.  Verse twenty-two declares, And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.  They gathered twice as much on the sixth day, so they could keep the Sabbath holy.  Verse twenty-three adds, And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.  Again, the people were given specific instructions for preparing the bread for the Sabbath.  We, as followers of Christ, celebrate the Lord's Day instead of the Sabbath, but do we keep it holy?  Verse twenty-four states, And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.  The next morning, the Sabbath, the bread was still good.  God provided for them on the Sabboth if they followed His command the day before.  Verse twenty-five adds, And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.  If the people had not prepared for the Sabbath the day before, they had no food that day.  We need to take the Lord's Day just as seriously.  Verse twenty-six continues, Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. Then verse twenty-seven concluded, And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.  Evidently, some people didn't listen to Moses and went out to gather the manna on the Sabbath, but there was none.  We today need to obey God's instructions by faith if we are to be the best that we can be spiritually.