Streams in the Wilderness

Deuteronomy 8:2–3 NKJV

And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

Luke 4:1 NKJV

Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Mark 1:12 NKJV

Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.

Isaiah 35:6 NKJV

Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert.

The New King James Version Chapter 8

2 And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. 3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

Questions to consider:

1. Read Deuteronomy 8:2-3 again. Why did the Lord humble the people of Israel(v.2)? How did he humble them(v.3)?

2. Think about a time when the Lord took you through a wilderness place. List one thing that you learned during that experience that changed you in some way.

3. Read Isaiah 35:1-10. According to Isaiah what kind of world will the Messiah bring into existence? Do you see the same things in Isaiah as you see in the life of Jesus? List 3 things that Isaiah mentions that Jesus fulfilled when he came.