“Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” (John 6:32–33)
The very thought that depression could be present when you wake up tomorrow makes you wish that you would not wake up. The thought of being depressed next month or next year is unbearable. You can’t imagine how you could survive that long. But remember that depression can only forecast the worst. It is not telling the whole truth.
During the Israelites’ forty years in the wilderness, God fed them with manna. Those forty years established how God works: he gives you just enough for the day. Tomorrow, he will give you just enough for that day. He does not give manna for the entire week. If he did, we would forget him until the manna ran out.
When the wilderness years ended, manna became known as grace. God gives you grace for today; he will give you fresh grace tomorrow. As the prophet Jeremiah laments, he remembers, “The steadfast love of
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