DISCOVER BIBLE | WILDERNESS

1. Introduction

a) The Bible is full of wonderful stories and special truth. What we want to do is to discover the Bible.  

b) Psalm 119:11 says, "Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You." 

c) Nurture and grow your understanding of the Bible as you read and discover the Bible.  

2. Why did the wilderness lie between Egypt and Canaan for the people of Israel?

a) The answer to that question is appropriate for each one of us. Egypt stands for a land of carnal, lustful lifestyle. To leave the habits and foods of that land behind and to enter into the promised land would have left a lesson unlearned! The people of Israel had to learn that all their sufficiency, all their supply, came from God and God alone.

b) To have slipped out of Egypt into the promised land, where abundance was everywhere, would have created a self-centered people who would take their environment for granted. Because of the wilderness, there was a stark realization that land without God's blessing - and people without God's provision - is barren and dry.

c) In our Christian lives, we sometimes wonder why God allows the "desert experiences." It is obvious: sin creates this barrenness. Living in the midst of sin, there is only one valid supply - God. When we trust Him, we find the reality of life. It's not in the environment, but in Him!