Testing

God said to Moses, "I'm going to test the people to see if they'll live according to my Teaching or not."

Three scenarios emerge:
"A few of the men kept back some of it until morning. It got wormy and smelled bad."

"They set aside what was left until morning, as Moses had commanded. It didn't smell bad and there were no worms in it."

"On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather anyway but they didn't find anything."

The concept was pretty basic: daily bread. The hard one to figure out was the Sabbath. If I kept leftovers on Tuesday night, it would rot, but on Friday night (the Sabbath was on Saturday), it stayed fresh for an extra 24 hours.

God was trying to bless his people with a day of rest. How did you enjoy your Sabbath yesterday?

Sanctuary in Marshfield came up with this bumper stick slogan: Connect. Grow. Serve. Reach Out.

On the Sabbath, we are to connect with God in worship and our sisters and brothers in Christ through fellowship. We are to grow by studying God's word. Service and outreach are to be how we live our lives with the strength we gain from Sabbath rest.