Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Deuteronomy 8:1-5
by: Jerry Johnson.
Israel had to be disciplined by God during her journey in the wilderness. They had to be humbled so that they knew they were not the source of their sustenance. God also had to test their hearts to see if they really desired to keep his commandments, as they promised. He provided a supernatural supply of food and clothing that did not wear out in order to show them their fundamental dependence upon him for everything. Today, most of us in the West have plenty materially and have political liberty-so we have a harder time facing up to the fact that we are nothing without Christ. Maybe God needs to discipline us from time to time.