Exodus 15

v1-21: If God has shown us mercy, “we ought to be quick to praise him in return, before the passage of time and the deceitfulness of our own hearts wipe away the good influences that have been made.”

v22-27: Just because God has saved us, does not mean that He will then ignore our sins and let us do as we want.

Exodus 16

v1-3: We show a lack of trust in God and in his power and goodness, “if in every distress and appearance of danger we despair of life.” This lack of trust is made worse if we have received convincing proofs of God’s mercy and ability to help.

v4-12: “When God brought the plagues on the Egyptians, it was to make them know that he was the Lord. When he provided for the Israelites, it was to make them know that he was their God.”

v13-21: The Israelites had to trust that God would bring them their daily bread each day. In the desert he did this in a miraculous way. Today, “the same wisdom, power, and goodness that then brought food daily from the clouds, are used in the… constant cycle of nature, bringing food every year from the earth and giving us all things richly to enjoy.”

v22-31: Recognise this: “Disobedience, even in a small matter, offends God.”

v32-36: Christ, as the bread of life, is the true manna that is prefigured in the physical manna. “The word of God is the manna by which our souls are nourished.” Both of these came from heaven, “as the manna did,” and they “support, encourage, and strengthen” us spiritually “while we are in the wilderness of this world.” And as “there was manna enough for all, enough for each, and none had too much,” so “in Christ there is a complete sufficiency,” for those who feed on Him by faith, with none left over.