Exodus 16:16-21 But they did not listen!

16This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omerfor each person in your tent.’”

17So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less. 18When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

19Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.” 20But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

21Each morning they each gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

Every household had to provide for themselves, “each one”. They had to learn a work ethic.

But what is a Omer? It was a unit of dry measure, some say a measuring cup (1) others say as much as a gallon, we just don’t know. 

But they did not listen to Moses? “No one may keep any of it until morning.” Could it be they didn’t fully trust the Lord to provide for them? 

We suffer from the same ailment. We want what we can see, the things of the world instead of trusting the unseen, the promises from the Lord.

Remember Thomas?

John 20:25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

Thomas forever earned the nickname, doubting Thomas!

Are you a doubting Thomas?

Blessings, David