God’s Tests with

Our Provisions
Before life is just simple:
Food, water and housing
Many decades passed and life
becomes complicated
Food, water, housing,
electricity, cellphone and
internet
Our educators said that if we
want our children to be
interested in their study and
module-treat the study just like
playing games
Gawing parang laro and pag-aaral
Kaya: un bata naglalaro at un
magulang ang nag-aaral
 This is the reason
why many don’t
commit to God-they
worry about their
needs
 Exodus 16
1 Mula sa Elim, nagpatuloy sa paglalakbay ang

mga Israelita, at ikalabing limang araw ng

ikalawang buwan mula ng sila'y lumabas sa
Egipto nang sila'y dumating sa ilang ng Sin, sa
pagitan ng Elim at Sinai. 2 Ang mga Israelita'y
nagreklamo kina Moises at Aaron. 3 Sinabi nila,
“Mabuti pa sana'y pinatay na kami ni Yahweh
sa Egipto. Doon, nakakakain kami ng karne at
tinapay hanggang gusto namin. Dito naman sa
ilang na pinagdalhan ninyo sa amin,
mamamatay kami sa gutom.”
 Exodus 16
4 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Pauulanan

ko kayo ng tinapay mula sa langit. Araw-

araw, palalabasin mo ng bahay ang mga
tao para mamulot ng kakainin nila sa
maghapon. Sa pamamagitan nito'y
susubukin ko kung susunod sila sa aking
mga tagubilin. 5 Tuwing ikaanim na araw,
doble sa karaniwan ang kanilang
pupulutin at ihahanda.”
 Exodus 16
6 Pagkatapos ng pakikipag-usap nila kay

Yahweh, sinabi nina Moises at Aaron sa

mga Israelita, “Mamayang gabi,
mapapatunayan ninyo na si Yahweh ang
naglabas sa inyo sa Egipto. 7 At bukas ng
umaga, makikita ninyo ang kanyang
kapangyarihan. Narinig niya ang inyong
reklamo laban sa kanya. Laban sa kanya,
sapagkat tuwing gagawin ninyo ito ay sa
kanya kayo nagrereklamo, hindi sa amin.”
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Test of Our
Provision
 Pagsubok sa
Ating Mga
Pangangailangan
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 1.
Test of
Gratitude
 1.
Pagsubok sa
Pagpapasalamat
 Exodus 16
1 Mula sa Elim, nagpatuloy sa paglalakbay ang

mga Israelita, at ikalabing limang araw ng

ikalawang buwan mula ng sila'y lumabas sa
Egipto nang sila'y dumating sa ilang ng Sin, sa
pagitan ng Elim at Sinai. 2 Ang mga Israelita'y
nagreklamo kina Moises at Aaron. 3 Sinabi nila,
“Mabuti pa sana'y pinatay na kami ni Yahweh
sa Egipto. Doon, nakakakain kami ng karne at
tinapay hanggang gusto namin. Dito naman sa
ilang na pinagdalhan ninyo sa amin,
mamamatay kami sa gutom.”
God is testing Israel with their Needs and
Provision
In Exodus 15.22-27
Problem: there is Water but bitter
Reaction: Ex 15.24 complain immediately
Moses’ Response: Prayer-he cried to God
God’s answer: a piece of wood thrown
into the water and water became potable
 Exodus 15
25 Dahil dito, humingi ng tulong si Moises kay

Yahweh. Itinuro naman sa kanya ang isang

putol na kahoy. Kinuha ito ni Moises at inihagis
sa tubig; nawala ang pait niyon. Doon, sinubok
sila ni Yahweh at binigyan ng tuntunin. 26 Ang
sabi niya, “Kung ako ay buong puso ninyong
susundin, kung gagawin ninyo ang matuwid at
susundin ang aking kautusan at mga tuntunin,
hindi ko ipararanas sa inyo ang alinman sa mga
sakit na ipinadala ko sa Egipto. Akong si Yahweh
ang inyong manggagamot.”
God is testing Israel with their
daily needs: Water, food,
Shelter and Clothing
It’s not that God cannot provide
for them but God intentionally
withholds the providing to test
their attitude and action
Why God tests them?
Because God showed
already to them His
power and concern
for them
Look at the
complain of Israel:
they remember the
food but not the
slavery
 Exodus 16
2 Ang mga Israelita'y nagreklamo

kina Moises at Aaron. 3 Sinabi nila,

“Mabuti pa sana'y pinatay na kami ni
Yahweh sa Egipto. Doon, nakakakain
kami ng karne at tinapay hanggang
gusto namin. Dito naman sa ilang na
pinagdalhan ninyo sa amin,
mamamatay kami sa gutom.”
It’s easy to thank God
for blessing and
answered prayers
Taken na yan but what
if it’s the opposite
They may have had food and water
in Egypt, but they had somehow
forgotten about the slavery and
physical brutality they had endured
there. God miraculously rescued
them from over 400 years of
slavery and cruelty, yet they still
doubted that He could meet even
their most basic of needs.
God is Good All the Time
Here are a few truths from Scripture to help us develop
a correct understanding of the goodness of God:
•God’s will for our lives is good Romans 12:2. Sometimes
– in fact, often – His will includes trials and difficulty
that He uses for our refinement.
•In all things, in all circumstances, our good God is
working for our good. “And we know that in all things
God works for the good of those who love Him, who
have been called according to His purpose” Romans
8:28
•The assurance of God’s goodness enables us to “give
thanks in all circumstances” 1Thessalonians 5:18 and to
declare in easy times and hard times, “God is good!”
Since God is good all the time, no matter our
circumstances, let’s allow that truth to impact our daily
lives and the way we talk and relate to others. Here
are a few suggestions:
•Remember that God is good all the time. Not just
when things are going the way we want them to.
•Thank Him for His goodness in every life situation.
•Be sensitive to those around us who are facing
difficult and painful circumstances.
•Declare His goodness in every circumstance,
particularly in the hard times.
Changing our understanding about God’s goodness can
change how we approach every circumstance of life
and each person we encounter. God is good all the
time!
Robert A. Emmons University of California,
Davis Michael E. McCullough University of Miami
The effect of a grateful outlook on psychological and physical well-being
was examined. In Studies 1 and 2, participants were randomly assigned
to 1 of 3 experimental conditions (hassles, gratitude listing, and either
neutral life events or social comparison)
• they then kept weekly (Study 1) or daily (Study 2) records of their
moods, coping behaviors, health behaviors, physical symptoms, and
overall life appraisals.
• In a 3rd study, persons with neuromuscular disease were randomly
assigned to either the gratitude condition or to a control condition.
• The gratitude-outlook groups exhibited heightened well-being across
several, though not all, of the outcome measures across the 3 studies,
relative to the comparison groups. The effect on positive affect appeared
to be the most robust finding.
• Results suggest that a conscious focus on blessings may have emotional
and interpersonal benefits
We live in a nation where everyone is
on the pursuit of happiness. Each
individual has his or her own path this
journey takes
But perhaps the most popular form of
seeking happiness is through the
accumulation of “things.” Materialism,
though, is bought at a cost. A society
that feels entitled to what it receives
does not adequately express gratitude
 Reflect on your present
blessings, on which every
man has many, not on your
past misfortunes, of which
all men have some
Charles Dickens
Gratitude defies easy classification. It has been
conceptualized as an emotion, an attitude, a
moral virtue, a habit, a personality trait, or a
coping response. The word gratitude is derived
from the Latin root gratia, meaning grace,
graciousness, or gratefulness. All derivatives
from this Latin root “have to do with kindness,
generousness, gifts, the beauty of giving and
receiving, or getting something for nothing”
The object of gratitude is other-directed—
persons, as well as to impersonal
LESSONS TO LEARN:
• When we choose to complain, we
take our focus off of God and His
goodness
• Complaining causes us to focus on
our problems rather than the
answer.
• Complaining stems from an
ungrateful heart
 Robert Emmons:
What must we overcome as
a culture or as individual
for gratitude to flourish?
The key, is to see all of life
as a gift
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 2.
Test of
Faith
 2.
Pagsubok sa
Pagtitiwala
 Exodus 16
4 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises, “Pauulanan

ko kayo ng tinapay mula sa langit. Araw-

araw, palalabasin mo ng bahay ang mga
tao para mamulot ng kakainin nila sa
maghapon. Sa pamamagitan nito'y
susubukin ko kung susunod sila sa aking
mga tagubilin. 5 Tuwing ikaanim na araw,
doble sa karaniwan ang kanilang
pupulutin at ihahanda.”
 Exodus 16
6 Pagkatapos ng pakikipag-usap nila kay

Yahweh, sinabi nina Moises at Aaron sa

mga Israelita, “Mamayang gabi,
mapapatunayan ninyo na si Yahweh ang
naglabas sa inyo sa Egipto. 7 At bukas ng
umaga, makikita ninyo ang kanyang
kapangyarihan. Narinig niya ang inyong
reklamo laban sa kanya. Laban sa kanya,
sapagkat tuwing gagawin ninyo ito ay sa
kanya kayo nagrereklamo, hindi sa amin.”
They complained because
they did not have enough
food. The supplies they
carried with them from Egypt
began to run out, and they
had to be sustained in the
wilderness.
Hindi pa naman ubos yun
mga pagkain nilang dinala
mula sa Egipto. Nakikita
nilang paubos pa lang at si
Moses ay walang nababangit
patungkol sa kanilang
pagkain
When you put your faith in Christ, God
commissions himself to protect, provide,
and care for you Philippians 4:19. God
always provides for his children, though
often it is not in the way we expect or hope.
The challenge is for us to see his provision
and care, even when it is different than we
expect. Because God is God, his ways are
higher than our ways Isaiah 55:9. But he
graciously gives us insight into what he is
doing in the Scriptures.
It would seem that starvation was
more anticipated than experienced.
In other words, they did not live
through weeks and weeks of famine,
nor did they saw their family and
friends die of malnutrition, or even
have to kill all their livestock for
food. Instead they started to feel
hungry and anticipated starvation.
 John Piper
“God is always doing
10,000 things in your
life, but you may be
aware of three of
them.”
Over and over again, Jesus’s disciples missed
what he was doing right in front of them. They
missed the point of the miracles. They missed
the lessons. Which should give us hope for our
own lack of clarity today. Here are four
important encouragements about how God
provides and cares for you.
When we sat by the pots of meat and
when we ate bread to the full: Israel
selectively remembered the past and
thought of their time in Egypt as a
good time. They lost sight of God’s
future for them, and they also
twisted the past to support their
complaining. This thinking is
common among those who complain.
You have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this
whole assembly: This is another common practice
among those who complain. They insisted that Moses
and Aaron had bad or evil intentions. Of course, Moses
and Aaron had no interest in killing the people of Israel,
and this was a horrible accusation to make. Yet a
complaining heart often finds it easy to accuse the
person they complain against of the worst motives.
i. “Human nature can never be reduced to a more abject
state in this world than that in which the body is
enthralled by political slavery, and the soul debased by
the influence of sin. These poor Hebrews were
both slaves and sinners, and were therefore capable of
the meanest and most disgraceful acts.” (Clarke)
LESSONS TO LEARN:
• When we choose to complain, we
take our focus off of God and His
goodness
• Complaining causes us to focus on
our problems rather than the
answer.
• Complaining stems from an
ungrateful heart
The Lord took care of
His people in the
wilderness and He
will take care of us
today
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 3.
Test of
Obedience
 3.
Pagsubok sa
Pagsunod
 Exodus 16
13 Nang magtakip-silim, dumagsa sa kampo

ang napakaraming pugo. Kinaumagahan

naman ay makapal na makapal ang hamog sa
paligid ng kampo. 14 Nang mapawi ang
hamog, nakakita sila sa lupa ng maliliit at
maninipis na mga bagay na parang
pinipig. 15 Hindi nila alam kung ano iyon, kaya
nagtanungan sila, “Ano ito?” Sinabi ni Moises,
“Iyan ang tinapay na bigay sa inyo ni
Yahweh.
 Exodus 16
16 At ito ang utos niya tungkol diyan: Bawat

isa ay kukuha ng kailangan niya at ng mga

kasama niya sa tolda, kalahating salop
bawat isang tao.” 17 Namulot nga ang mga
Israelita—may kumuha ng marami at may
kumuha ng kaunti. 18 Ngunit nang takalin
nila ang kanilang nakuha, ang kumuha ng
marami ay hindi lumabis, at ang kumuha ng
kaunti ay hindi naman kinulang. Sapat lang
sa kanila ang kanilang nakuha.
 Exodus 16
19 Sinabi sa kanila ni Moises, “Huwag

kayong magtitira para sa

kinabukasan.” 20 Ngunit ang ilan sa
kanila'y hindi nakinig kay Moises.
Kinabukasan, inuod at bumaho ang itinira
nila. Kaya nagalit sa kanila si
Moises. 21 Mula noon, tuwing umaga'y
namumulot sila nang ayon sa kanilang
kailangan. Pag-init ng araw, ito'y
natutunaw
 Exodus 16
23 Ipinaliwanag naman ni Moises sa

kanila, “Ito ang utos ni Yahweh: ‘Bukas

ay Araw ng Pamamahinga, araw na
nakatalaga kay Yahweh. Lutuin na ninyo
ngayon ang gusto ninyong lutuin. Ang
hindi mauubos ay itira ninyo para
bukas.’” 24 Tulad ng sinabi sa kanila ni
Moises, nagtira sila para sa kinabukasan,
at iyo'y hindi nasira at hindi inuod.
 Exodus 16
25 At sinabi ni Moises, “Ito ang

kakainin ninyo ngayon. Ngayon ay

Araw ng Pamamahinga; wala
kayong makukuha niyan
ngayon. 26 Anim na araw kayong
mamumulot niyan; ngunit sa
ikapito, sa Araw ng Pamamahinga,
ay wala kayong makukuha.”
 Exodus 16
27 Ngunit nang ikapitong araw ay

mayroon pa ring mga lumabas sa

bukid para mamulot ngunit wala
silang nakuha. 28 Kaya sinabi ni
Yahweh kay Moises, “Hanggang
kailan pa kayo susuway sa aking
mga utos?
 Exodus 16
29 Tandaan ninyo na akong si Yahweh

ang nagtakda sa inyo ng Araw ng

Pamamahinga. Kaya, tuwing ikaanim
na araw ay binibigyan ko kayo ng
pagkain para sa dalawang araw. Sa
ikapitong araw ay wala nang
lalabas.” 30 At mula noon,
nagpapahinga na lamang sila tuwing
ikapitong araw
 Exodus 16
13 Nang

magtakip-silim,
dumagsa sa
kampo ang
napakaraming
pugo
The food God gave them
is called Manna-they
simply called it Manna
which in Hebrew
literally means “What is
it?”
 Exodus 16
14 Nang mapawi

ang hamog,
nakakita sila sa
lupa ng maliliit
at maninipis na
mga bagay na
parang pinipig
Exodus 16:31
Manna ang
itinawag
....Ito'y
parang buto
ng kulantro
Exodus 16:31
Manna ang
itinawag ....
lasang
galyetas na
minasa sa
pulot
Numbers 11.7
Ang manna
ay parang
buto ng
kulantro at
kakulay ng
bedelio
Benefits of Manna
Lower blood sugar
immune-boosting antioxidants
Good for the heart
It helps in brain health
It promotes digestion and gut health
It fights infections
It protects your skin
It helps your diet
 Psalm 78:24-25
24 Bunga nito, ang pagkai'y

bumuhos na parang ulan, ang

pagkain nilang manna, sa
kanila'y ibinigay. 25 Ang kaloob
na pagkai'y pagkain ng mga
anghel, hindi sila nagkukulang,
masagana kung dumating.
The Lord answered the
complaints of Israel for the
shortage of food:
Quails and Manna
This is not the only time Israel
complained about Meat in
Numbers 11.18-20
 Numbers 11.18-20
18 Sabihin mo naman sa buong bayan na ihanda nila ang
kanilang mga sarili sapagkat bukas ay makakakain na
sila ng karne. Nagrereklamo na naman sila. Itinatanong
nila kung kailan pa sila makakatikim ng karne. Sinabi
pang mabuti pa sa Egipto at marami silang pagkain.
Kaya, bukas, ibibigay ko sa kanila ang pagkaing gusto
nila. 19 Hindi lamang para sa isa, dalawa, lima, sampu,
dalawampung araw ang ibibigay ko sa kanila, 20 kundi
para sa isang buong buwan. Laging ito ang kakainin nila
hanggang sa magsawa sila at magkandasuka sa pagkain
nito sapagkat itinakwil nila ako at sinabi pa nilang
mabuti pang hindi na sila umalis sa Egipto.”
Paano sinubok
ng Dios ang
kanilang
Pagsunod?
2 Kautusan ng
Dios para sa
Kanilang
Pagkain
1. Kukuha sila araw-
araw ng sapat lang sa
kanila-hindi pwede
hanggang bukas dahil
bukas meron na uling
bago Manna
 Exodus 16
16 At ito ang utos niya tungkol diyan: Bawat

isa ay kukuha ng kailangan niya at ng mga

kasama niya sa tolda, kalahating salop
bawat isang tao.” 17 Namulot nga ang mga
Israelita—may kumuha ng marami at may
kumuha ng kaunti. 18 Ngunit nang takalin
nila ang kanilang nakuha, ang kumuha ng
marami ay hindi lumabis, at ang kumuha ng
kaunti ay hindi naman kinulang. Sapat lang
sa kanila ang kanilang nakuha.
Ito ang problema-
maraming hindi
nakikinig sa
sinasabi ng
patakaran
 Exodus 16
19 Sinabi sa kanila ni Moises, “Huwag

kayong magtitira para sa

kinabukasan.” 20 Ngunit ang ilan sa
kanila'y hindi nakinig kay Moises.
Kinabukasan, inuod at bumaho ang itinira
nila. Kaya nagalit sa kanila si
Moises. 21 Mula noon, tuwing umaga'y
namumulot sila nang ayon sa kanilang
kailangan. Pag-init ng araw, ito'y
natutunaw
2. Sa ika-anim na araw
[Friday] kukuha ng sapat
sa 2 araw kasi ang ika-
pitong araw ay Araw ng
Pamamahinga-bawal ang
lalabas kasi Lord’s day
 Exodus 16
23 Ipinaliwanag naman ni Moises sa

kanila, “Ito ang utos ni Yahweh: ‘Bukas

ay Araw ng Pamamahinga, araw na
nakatalaga kay Yahweh. Lutuin na ninyo
ngayon ang gusto ninyong lutuin. Ang
hindi mauubos ay itira ninyo para
bukas.’” 24 Tulad ng sinabi sa kanila ni
Moises, nagtira sila para sa kinabukasan,
at iyo'y hindi nasira at hindi inuod.
 Exodus 16
25 At sinabi ni Moises, “Ito ang

kakainin ninyo ngayon. Ngayon ay

Araw ng Pamamahinga; wala
kayong makukuha niyan
ngayon. 26 Anim na araw kayong
mamumulot niyan; ngunit sa
ikapito, sa Araw ng Pamamahinga,
ay wala kayong makukuha.”
 Exodus 16
27 Ngunit nang ikapitong araw ay

mayroon pa ring mga lumabas sa

bukid para mamulot ngunit wala
silang nakuha. 28 Kaya sinabi ni
Yahweh kay Moises, “Hanggang
kailan pa kayo susuway sa aking
mga utos?
The value of any commitment is
based upon two things:
1.The ability of the promise
maker to fulfill the promise.
2.The integrity of the promise
maker, whether he has the
character to follow through on
the promise.
God Assumes Full
Responsibility for
Our Needs When
We Obey Him
Obeying God in
small matters is an
essential step in
receiving God’s
greatest blessings
Often, God’s greatest blessings come
as a result of our willingness to do
something that appears very
insignificant. So ask yourself, “Has God
been challenging me to do something
seemingly unimportant that I have not
yet made an effort to accomplish? Is
there anything I have rationalized by
saying, ‘It’s too difficult,’ ‘I don’t want
to’ or ‘I have to pray about it first’”?
No one comes into this world
knowing how to obey. Every
parent must invest time and
effort in training their
children to follow
instructions. Learning
obedience with God works in
a similar way
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