Dt. 29:4-6 Yet the Lord has not given you a [mind and] heart to understand and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this day. ⁵ I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. ⁶ You have not eaten [grain] bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you might recognize and know [your dependence on Him Who is saying], I am the Lord your God.

Many are what the Bible refers to as God-fearers. They have a belief in God, they may pray, go to church, and even own a Bible. They are moral people, or what we would refer to as good people, but the Lord has not given them a mind or heart to understand. As Jesus repeatedly stated, You have eyes but you cannot see. Those of this persuasion, would take this Scripture as proof that there is nothing they need to do. The reason for their spiritual blindness, and lack of desire is God’s fault. However this type of thinking reveals a deeper spiritual problem. It reveals an unwillingness to make the bread of God’s Word count. The fact that there are thousands upon thousands, over the centuries, who have been of the same persuasion – not having a mind or heart to understand; nor having spiritual eyes and ears to receive its message. Yet, this ignorance, or blindness did not stop them from seeking. In the Gospels there is a telling account of Jesus testing a woman whose daughter was demonized. The woman begged, and pleaded with Jesus through tears to heal and deliver her daughter from her demonic torment. Shockingly, Jesus responded by saying it wasn’t right to throw the children’s bread to dogs. This was a metaphor that highlighted the prevailing sentiment at the time: Jews were God’s children, and the Gentiles? They were dogs. Astoundingly, the woman quickly responded by asserting, “Yes, Lord, I know, but even the dogs live on the scraps that fall from their master’s table!” (Mt. 15:27 Phillips Translation) This Gentile woman showed more faith than many of her Jewish neighbors. She passed Jesus’ test and ate the “bread” that was only supplied to the humble, and believing.

Counting the omer, or making the omer, a measure of grain, count is a reminder to measure the grain of God’s Word. Measure the grain of what you have harvested. Have you ever taken the time to count how many times the Bible makes reference to Bread, or Grain? The exercise of counting is not the point. The exercise reveals how often the Bible – God’s Word – makes reference to grain, and bread. This fact alone should cause any seeker of spiritual things to sit up and take notice. For it reveals the bread crumbs the Father has left as clues leading to the very feet of Jesus, the Bread of Life. If you are God’s child you have been invited to the Father’s table to eat His Bread. If you liken yourself to a spiritual dog there are still crumbs that fall from His table. But take note: those crumbs are only for those who are hungry; those who are seeking the Master’s Bread.