v16 "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: 'Let every man gather it according to each one's need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.' "
The word of God is true life. It decides how the world responds to us. He who has the word of God in him has true life. He shuns the works of the flesh. He receives a sweet soul. He has no fear. He knows his true source is God the Father Himself. He does not fear that man will hate him, treat him unfairly, leave him or ridicule him. His path is kept straight by the word of God.
By sweetening his soul, he draws the blessings of man and God to his being. He is secure in the protection of the LORD. His spirit is made soft and slippery, the dirt and bad things of this world will slide off his spirit. He is a magnet to the wonderful things of this earth. He is a open receiver of that Heaven has prepared for him.
The Scripture says each man needs to gather his manna for himself and his family. God is life. We were born separated from God and inherited death from Adam's legacy. Our soul tends towards the works of sin. Our spirit born empty. Man swims upstream each day to life. He makes the conscious decision to reach out to God. The Father promised not to disappoint. He who seeks Him finds Him.
Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.
Each child of God receives his personal share of Heaven. Yet each child bears his own responsibility to seek Life for himself. He swims upstream or his soul will be swept downstream to the Pit.
So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one's need.
And Moses said, "Let no one leave any of it till morning."
Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.
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