HCC in the Trenches: "How I'm Seeing God in This Crisis"

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Lilet Alcos wants to share this with her HCC family...

The sufficiency of the grace of God

Exodus 16:16-21

The command was to gather daily as much as the Israelites needed. There was an ample supply of manna for everyone, no one had overabundance regardless of how much manna they gathered, and the gathering was a day-to-day activity: only what was needed for the day, except on the day before the Sabbath. No one was allowed to store up for the future.

God impresses on me the concept of grace here—that His grace is sufficient each day. It is sufficient for all my needs; it is sufficient regardless of the severity of any one need each day. It will never be exhausted; it will not run out of supply. It will always be here every day for me to appropriate (take possession of) as much as I need for whatever my need is on that day.

This is making me aware of my daily dependence on Him. From time to time He brings extraordinary crises into my life, just like this pandemic problem. Unprecedented times like these disrupt my routine, make me feel afraid, tank the economy, and bring grief to those who are losing jobs, getting sick, or watching loved ones die. These times make me conscious of my human weakness and my total dependence on Him alone; they make me appreciate all the more the power of God in shaping me.


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