Bread Crumbs: Follow the Trail...

In the World, the conventional wisdom is "follow the money, follow the Green...! Where's the Bread?" Whole populations emigrate, couples marry, technologies are adopted, businesses are justified or fail...all in quest of the money honey pot. An adequate "provision" in this age is a trophy paycheck, a trophy house, a trophy wife/husband, and, of course, the "perfect family." Many know such a package is way beyond their aspirations or capabilities, so they settle for a "good" facsimile of the above. Best to avoid such people, because they have given up on their dream, if they ever had one, and you can be assured, sooner or later, they will try to persuade you to give up on your dream...or at the minimum they will hint you are a bit peculiar or delusional or self-deceived...
Yahweh's economy, along with His Ways, are different. His ways are not our ways. The bread of Yahweh's Kingdom is easily discerned by those who have eyes to see. Yet one loaf or a few fishes generally are interpreted as completely inadequate to feed twelve or three thousand... Quite easily the statement follows: we have no "Bread!!"; and then comes the Question--- "Why do I/we have no bread?..."

Here is Yahweh's response: 1) Why are you talking about "no bread"? 2) Why don't you "see" or understand? 3) Why are your hearts hardened, stubborn, rebellious...? 4) Why having eyes do you not "see"? Why having ears do you not "hear"? 5) Do you not "remember" (five loaves for five thousand, seven loaves for four thousand...)? 6) Why do you not "understand"?

When "the leaven" of a different "spirit" guides us, we quite naturally insist on "seeing" with eyes of the flesh, and these eyes always insist on seeing "the Bread"!! No see...no believe...no sign...no believe... This disposition comes from a"spiritual leaven" that rejects Yahweh's provision and the faith that believes His Promises to His Children. Faith is believing in that which is not seen with the physical or fleshly eyes... Those who insist on "seeing" with those fleshly eyes a "provision" will never see His Provision.

Perhaps your faith is not adequate to face spiritual powers, or is riddled with doubts, or is insistent on "seeing"... The man who sought healing for his son saw the inadequacy of his faith and cried out, "I believe, help my unbelief!"

The Canaanite woman seeks out God for healing for her daughter. She has absolutely no standing within the "children of Israel." She is reminded that "the bread" is for Israel and it is not to be given to "the dogs"; by clear implication she is a dog! But she sees even the crumbs of bread falling from God's Table as being sufficient: "Yes, Lord...yet even the dogs eat the crumbs from their master's table." Her faith is acknowledged and commended. She "saw" God in the "crumbs"!

"And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh, and distribute to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins." (1 Chron. 16:2-3) From the King's Table came a loaf of bread for all Israel.
Can you "see" the crumbs? Do the crumbs reveal the possibility or existence of the loaf? Are you seeing and perhaps settling for the crumbs...? Can you see perhaps a slice from off the loaf and do you want it? Can you see a loaf for you from the Kings Table as one of the men and women of "all Israel"?

So you will either see "the bread" of the world, or you will see the Bread from Yahweh's Table, and that Bread, even if it be "crumbs" will be filling and satisfying. Following the trail of the "Bread Crumbs" is the way to go... better yet follow the Baker... and of course, make sure he is not Pharaoh's baker!!