“Are We There Yet?” Lessons from the Wilderness

After Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt, they spent 40 years in the wilderness before finally entering the Promised Land. The Book of Numbers tells the story of most of those 40 years spent wandering. Much of the story is unfamiliar to us, some aspects seem very strange to our modern minds, yet there are many important lessons contained in its pages for a people learning to trust God in strange times. Today we’ll consider how to know God’s direction for us when everything around us is unfamiliar.