Out of Options

Every day for forty years

They ate it.

The same white, flaky stuff—

Day after day.

For forty years.

They didn’t need an omelet

Or French toast

Or protein shake.

Just manna.

Always manna.

What’s the blessing in the sameness of

The bread of heaven?

It’s a picture of Jesus.

It’s a picture of the One answer you need,

Every day,

For every situation.

Need some peace?

Have the Bread of Heaven.

Need some healing?

Have some Bread of Heaven.

Need some hope?

Have some Bread of Heaven.

Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

And He’s all you’ll ever need.

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Stories like the manna in the desert are painted into the real history of Israel in order to foreshadow the Messiah. God didn’t give them manna for forty years to bore them. He gave them the same bread of heaven every day to teach us that Jesus is always the only satisfaction of our hunger. And that’s the Gospel!