Lesson 4: Sabbath and Surrender
Exodus 16
The story of God’s gift of manna in the wilderness is hard to swallow. The people of Israel are longing for the food they had in Egypt. God responds to their understandable complaints by raining down manna, an unknown nutritional substance. The what and where of it raises questions like, “What is manna?” “Where did it come from?” The “why” of the story, however, is clear. God wants...
