Wilderness Provisions

<p>Good morning, Five Minute Families. Do you feel that your family is in a season of wandering in the wilderness? Maybe you are just coming out of one but can’t really explain it to yourself or your loved ones. Whichever is the case, please join us as we discuss “comfort in the wilderness” today. </p><p>The sermon at our church this past Sunday was about the comfort of God using Isaiah 40 as its Scriptural foundation. As our pastor listed out his four points about Christ bringing comfort to his people, but the part that struck me most was when our pastor stated about God and the Israelites who had been enslaved in Egypt, … the pastor said, “He calls them out… calls them into the wilderness and into the wilderness they go.” He goes on to demonstrate how God used the wilderness for His people as a sanctuary from Egypt and as a time that was ordained by God. Throughout the Israelites’ time in the wilderness God always provided. Our pastor listed five things in quick succession, but we would like to take a bit longer on each one of them for you, our five-minute families, who may be experiencing your own wilderness. Remember, EVEN IN THE WILDERNESS, God provides.</p><p>For forty years, despite their disobedience, the Israelites were fed, led, watered, taught, and given a steward. Manna and quail, pillars of fire and cloud, water from a rock (twice), the ten commandments, and Moses as their leader. Some of us play Monday morning quarterback with family decisions we should have made, and just like the Israelites who were too scared to face the giants and thus had to wander in the wilderness for 40 years, we often see that we made a wrong turn, even when prompted by God to do otherwise. So, whether of your own making or of circumstances surrounding you, Five Minute families, here is a reminder of what is God giving you in your time in the wilderness.</p><p>1. He will get you fed. You may keep struggling to make ends meet. Swallow your pride and call the church and ask for help. Call the school and ask about different pr