The most important meal of the day!

Growing up I always heard that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. It gets your metabolism kicking and gives you energy to set out and conquer the world! Or go to school; you choose :-). I'd like to propose a different meal as the winner of the title for most important.

In Exodus 16 we find the account of the Israelites in the wilderness. They were miles away from any source of food and a couple thousand years away from a McDonald's. They had to depend upon God to provide food for them.

Everyday they went out and found manna (bread of heaven) on the ground for them to eat. If they tried to save some to eat the next day it rotted. Everyday they had to depend on God to feed them.

The same is true in our life. The most important meal of the day is the meal we spend in God's Word, the Bible. His Word feeds our souls and gives us the spiritual nourishment we need to accomplish the task at hand.

Everyday we need to go to God, read the Word and receive the fresh manna He has for us. We cannot live off of yesterday's quiet time, we need a new one everyday. It is the most important meal of the day.

Prayer: Open your Word to me. Let it be my daily bread. Help me to be more desperate for your Word than anything else.