Introduction
• Fallen Condition Focus: The problem is that often times in the wilderness we complain and grumble and miss the opportunity for growth in intimacy with our Lord and Good Shepherd.
• Sermon Proposition: Since the Lord has put us, his church, in the wilderness for a period of nourishment, let us meditate on God's Word of grace and truth in the Bible.
• Quote: "To the Jewish people the wilderness spoke of divine provision and intimate fellowship." (Robert H. Mounce)

1. In God's Word we meditate on God's glory as the Creator and Ruler of all

2. In God's Word we meditate on human sin and the victory of God through Jesus Christ over the devil

3. In God's Word we meditate on the presence of God with his people through his Holy Spirit