Recently, while listening to K-LOVE, I heard Annie F. Downs say, “God has not forgotten the recipe for manna.” Those words stuck with me. I have been mulling them over for a few weeks now. I have been thinking about how God caused food to fall from heaven to feed the people He loved, and how He provided exactly what each person needed for that day and only that day, so they wouldn’t be overwhelmed. God was faithful to do this EVERY SINGLE DAY for forty years. For forty years, the children of Israel never had to worry about what they would eat, because the God they served and followed was (and still is) faithful.

Which is why watching them disobey God over and over again is so crazy to me. I judge them hard and say to myself, “I would never.” Yet, as I look at my life, I see how many times a day, a minute, a second I live life as though God has forgotten the recipe to manna. I forget the needs He’s met, the prayers He’s answered, His love and grace over the smallest hiccups. One tiny little thing that doesn’t go my way has me on the floor in tears, wondering where God is and why He’s left me. Oh, me of little faith.

Here’s the truth: I’m the one who’s forgotten. I forget the weapons of our warfare are not flesh, but have divine power. Power that can destroy strongholds. I forget. Not God. God has not forgotten the recipe for manna. He knows what we need for each day, and He gives us divine power, power to destroy arguments and strongholds that try to keep us from His will for our lives. We have a hope that never fails, because our God can’t (and will never) fail or forget.

“For the weapons of our warfare are not flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4).

God is faithful to provide for us, to meet our needs, and to answer our prayers. But more than that, He has given us the power to break down the strongholds that keep us from what He has for us. So, friends, let’s stop living in our fears and live like we know God hasn’t forgotten the recipe for manna.

So, what am I thankful for today? God still knows the recipe for manna.