Exodus 16:16-18 "'This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.'" (To expand on this new thing, this manna from heaven, the Lord told the people that instead of gathering a supply for an extended period of time, they were to gather only enough for the day's needs, about three pounds. He wanted to demonstrate to them in a concrete manner that they could depend on Him to supply their need and that they were each called to be active participants by engaging in the gathering of what the Lord provided. He still calls on us to trust Him that He will come to us and will supply each day's needs in our own lives today and to respond to His invitation to us to engage with Him and to participate in the work He lays before us.) The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed. (To prove to them His Word could be trusted, the best efforts of those over-zealous people who wanted to hedge their bets and gather more than they needed for the day were for naught and also that the efforts of those less able would also result in sufficient supply. He wanted the people to know and remember that, while He called them to gather, He was the Source of their supply. The Lord is showing us here with His instructions to the Israelites that we can't add to His provision or take away from it, that His provision, whether in the physical realm or in the spiritual realm, is complete and adequate and that He can be trusted to give us the portion we need for each day, The Lord also shows us here that He calls us into the work that He has laid out for us.)
