The Lesson of Life

"And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. "

Deuteronomy 8: 2-3

The children of Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years for a reason. There was a process going on by which the Lord was at work testing them to discover what was in their heart? Humility is a shaping force of one's character. Dependence makes one humble. It is when things are going really good that we tend to forget that we need the Lord. Hunger reminds us of our dependence upon food. Yet, the words of Moses set forth in bold above were the answer to Satan's temptation of Jesus in his wilderness trial when he was tempted to turn stones into bread. If you want to learn to live, then live in obediance to the word of the Lord. Examine yourself and ask, "What is in my heart?" May we hunger and thirst after righteousness.