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Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Devotional: April 25th

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Exodus 16:32 to Exodus 17:7

"Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein . . ." (v. 33). It was God’s part. "The hidden manna, Christ come down from heaven to become man, then raised and exalted to heaven with a glorified body, this belonged to the delights of God" (HR) – delights which He shares with the overcomers (Revelation 2:17).

After hunger, it is thirst which is the occasion for the grumbling of this sorry people. Well then? The grace of God makes use of it once more to reveal to us a precious mystery, the explanation of which is found in 1 Corinthians 10:4 : "they drank of that spiritual Rock which followed them: and that Rock was Christ" (cf. John 7:37-39). But in order to give out the water (the life of the Spirit) it was necessary for the rock to be smitten, just as Christ was smitten on the cross by the hand of God Himself. Nevertheless, let us notice: it is the sin of the people, their murmurings and rebellion, which necessitated the smiting of the rock. "For the transgressions of my people was he stricken", said the prophet (Isaiah 53:8). And so, while the manna is a picture of Christ come down from heaven, the smitten rock speaks to us of Christ crucified, and the living water represents the Holy Spirit, the power of the new life which the once dead but now living Saviour gives to all those who believe in Him.

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