Exodus 16:1–21, 35, “Learning to Trust God in the Wilderness”

God led his people into the wilderness to test them, with the kind of test that reveals what is in their hearts. What was revealed was grumbling, yet God provided for their needs out of his grace. Through his testing and provision, God was teaching his people to trust him. Jesus Christ went through the wilderness test, too; and what was revealed was not grumbling, but perfect trust. Jesus is the better Israel, the better Moses, the God of provision, and the Bread from Heaven. We can learn to trust God in our “wilderness wanderings” by looking to the cross, where God proved his love and trustworthiness and gave us Christ. And Christ is all we need.