Caleb Walker

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Title: Provision Given

Text: Exodus 16:11-19; 17:1-6

Memory Verse: Exodus 16:12

Theme: God provides for His people’s needs.

1. Provision (Exodus 16:11-15)

“¹¹ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹² “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’” ¹³ In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp. ¹⁴ And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. ¹⁵ When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”^[a] For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.”

Discussion: “When have you found yourself in a wilderness of uncertainty and anxiety? How did that experience affect you? What did you learn about God’s character?”

II. Instruction (Exodus 16:16-19)

^“16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer,^[a] according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’” ¹⁷ And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. ¹⁸ But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. ¹⁹ And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over till the morning.”

Doctrine: Our key doctrine for this week is the doctrine of God the Father.

     Lifeway says, “God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace” (p. 72).

Psalm 23:1, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

Discussion: How does our obedience to God’s instructions display our trust in Him?

III. Further Provision (Exodus 17:1-6)

“All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. ² Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” ³ But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” ⁴ So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” ⁵ And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. ⁶ Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.”

The work of Christ in the gospel

Discussion: “In what ways have you seen God provide for your needs or for someone you love?”