Key scripture – “Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days” (Psalm 90:13-14).

Whether you are working outside of the home in a full time job or in the home caring and raising your kids, sometimes you find yourself saying : “How long, Oh Lord? How long until I get off from work or if you are home with kids, how long until nap time?”

It’s a paraphrase of Moses’ words from today’s key passage from Psalm 90. Moses was pleading with the Lord for relief. He was pleading with the Lord for rest. That’s a prayer we know all too well.

Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Moses gives us valuable insight for how to punctuate these desperate, quiet groanings to: “Satisfy us in the morning.”

Satisfaction from the Lord is not just what I want, it’s what I need. Because, let’s be real, not much is going to change in our day-to-day activities of: Getting dressed;Going to work; Dealing with the daily demands and problems of the day; Feeding kids; Running errands; Making dinner;Scrubbing toilets. In the midst of all of that we need the Lord to satisfy us, feed us and make us full before life empties us.

Moses knew about the Lord’s daily satisfaction. Each morning, the Israelites would arise and gather enough manna for the day. They were fed, filled and satisfied each morning by the Lord’s supernatural provision of food in their desert wanderings.
They were not permitted to gather extra. They couldn’t store any manna up for the next day. The Israelites were given just enough for the day in front of them. God’s satisfaction was immediate and effective, but just for today’s demands. Tomorrow would have fresh bread for the gathering. (Exodus 16:4).

We read in Deuteronomy 8:3b how Moses told the Israelites that the real message of the manna was that they were not satisfied by the bread but “on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD” (NIV).

Moses, a man who knew a thing or two about dealing with demanding, whiny, difficult people, knew that the Word of the Lord would give him hope for the day’s struggles. God’s Word would give him patience as he waited. God’s Word would help him worship. God’s Word would turn his eyes from that day’s circumstances and problems and fix them instead on the character of his Lord.

It’s an ambitious prayer. It’s a prayer that believes God’s Word is powerful — and every bit as powerful as the God who breathed it. I believe it’s that powerful. Do you?

If you’re not sure. If you’ve never really experienced its power. I am asking you to try again? God’s Word has really, truly changed my days and my life.

Sometimes it’s overwhelming to know where to start. I understand. I used to kind of do the “flip and dip” approach to reading my Bible. You know, flip it open and dip in, hoping something sticks. For me, that was terribly inconsistent and frustrating.

What has worked is to read a small portion of the Bible every day. Like the Israelites received the Lord’s satisfying care every day, that’s just what I need too. I don’t need to read chapters and chapters to sustain me for the week. I just needed my daily portion. “Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.” (Proverbs 30:8, NIV)

Just like the Lord was faithful to the Israelites, He is faithful today to all who turn to Him. Amazingly, God’s Word sustains me through each day so that I can do what needs to be done at work, care for my family, and meet the needs of others … with a smile and the right attitude, which is an attitude of gratitude.

What is usually the first thing that grabs your attention in the morning and shapes your day? Start today, and let the Word of God shape your day and you will be amazed how it feeds and sustains you.

Pray this – Our Precious Heavenly Father, if I do not meet with you every morning I would feel like I was running on empty. I would already be starting my day off wrong because I need to be filled, not with rest, television, emails, social media or food, but with Jesus the Bread of life. Jesus is “the bread of a God that came down from heaven and gives life to the world.” (Matthew 6:33). I will be filled every morning when I spend time alone with You in Your Word. Nothing fills and prepares me for today’s demands like Your Word. Father, as I feast daily on Your Word, give me the wisdom to live it out and not be conformed to this world, but let me be transformed by the renewing of my mind, so that I know what Your will is, what is good, acceptable, and perfect. (Romans 12:2). In the Name of Jesus, the Bread of life, I pray, Amen.