The Discipline of Dependence | Moses | Pastor Devin Gough

<p>Who is your source? This weekend Pastor Devin Gough continued our MOSES series with a message about trusting God for provision.</p><p><br></p><p>Exodus 16:17-18</p><p>So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot of manna, some only a little. But when they measured it out, everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.</p><p><br></p><p>After God led the people to the wilderness, he provided food for them daily. Why daily? Because Israel wanted security, but God wanted relationship.</p><p><br></p><p>1) God will empty what you used to depend on.</p><p><br></p><p>God brought them to the wilderness to grow them. Growth happens in seasons of discomfort, as you learn the difference between your RESOURCES and your SOURCE.</p><p><br></p><p>2) God will give you just as much as you need.</p><p><br></p><p>God could have given Israel a forty-year supply, but instead he taught them to look each morning for his provision.</p><p><br></p><p>Dependence is not a weakness, it is discipleship.</p><p><br></p><p>If God had given them more than a daily supply, they would have trusted in their storehouse, not their Provider.</p><p><br></p><p>3) God cares more about your formation than your provision.</p><p><br></p><p>Israel needed to learn a new way because the Egypt living in them was worse than the Egypt they had been living in. The goal wasn’t food, the goal was formation. </p><p><br></p><p>The real miracle in the desert wasn’t the bread, it was God staying faithful to a people who weren’t faithful to him! The miracle of God’s love and mercy is still a daily reality for all of us in Christ!</p>