Fighting The Cobra Kai

IN Exodus 16 God sends bread from heaven to the Israelites.  The people looked at it and called it Manna, which means “What is it?”  They went and asked Moses.. “What is this stuff.”  Moses replied, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.”  The bread represents God’s word, the daily bread that we need.  For man does not live by bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.  The people did not know what it was, this bread.  They needed someone to explain it to them.  When you and I want to learn something, and we are serious about it, it becomes necessary to get a teacher.  I have started learning how to fly airplanes.  This is serious business.  I had to find a teacher.  A good teacher.  The Karate Kid needed a Mr Myaggi to help him train to fight the CobraKai.  The disciples referred to Jesus as their teacher.  Moses was explaining the bread to the Israelites, he was their teacher.  The bread here, being God’s word, is a picture of our need for a teacher of God’s word in our life.  Flying lessons are important, but how about lessons on how to live our lives.  How much more important is that?  So God is telling us in this story that we need a teacher.  When Christ came he told the disciple Peter “Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not stand against it.”  Jesus death and resurrection was the beginning of the church.  When life deals you some fire, and things heat up with trouble, remember that hell cannot stand against the church.  Get connected to your church, find a good teacher, sit down, and listen.  Now then, sweep the leg Johnny.