Exodus 16:4-6, 13-20

 "When the Lord's hand is in your mouth you're fed generously." That ancient saying from the Middle East is wonderfully true. When we are hungry, we grumble. We gripe even if we think we might miss a single meal. We are not the only ones who get spoiled. The "whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled . . . in the wilderness" (Exodus 16:2). Two million people were grumbling at Moses and Aaron because they were afraid they would miss a meal. Grumbling is a serious business and has dire consequences. It is found six times in the next few verses. "Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD" (v. 8). What they really missed were their "pots of meat" (v. 3). They were so attached to their pots of flesh that they haggled Moses saying, "Would that we had died by the LORD'S hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." The LORD wanted the people to trust Him. All they had to do was trust Him and walk in obedience. We think that it is so much easier and wiser to walk by sight. Then the Lord has an amazing way of knocking our false securities out from under us so we are made to trust Him. He makes us see that He alone provides our every need.