Exodus 16:1 - The entire Israelite community departed from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt. 2 The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger!” 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. This way I will test them to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. 5 On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on other days.”
Deuteronomy 8:1 - “Carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to your ancestors. 2 Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
In Wilderness University we learn:
1.
times are not
time.
2. We have
hearts.
Do everything without grumbling and arguing… —Philippians 2:14
God has saved us from the
of sin.
Now He is saving us from theof sin.
3. Our only hope of survival is faith in and obedience to God’s Word.
And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work. —2 Corinthians 9:8
God allows adversity in our lives both to
us from sin and to
our capacity to trust Him.
These are the nations the Lord left in order to test all those in Israel who had experienced none of the wars in Canaan. 2 This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before. —Judges 3:1-2
The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil. —Proverbs 16:4