Exodus 16:4 ~Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.” 

If you read the book of Exodus starting in chapter 16, you will see Israel in the wilderness and God doing amazing things, chapter after chapter. Consistently, Israel will grumble and fall into despair. Their attitude is constantly, “Oh, we don’t have any bread.  Oh, we need water.  Oh, we need more food.  Is God trying to kill us because we don’t know where we are going?”  Time after time, God says, “OK, I will give you what you want, and then you will know I am God.” He tested them over and over.  These were not tests that He hoped they would fail.  They were tests so they would trust Him.  I read this and became so sad for God.  He just wants them to believe, to trust, and to know He cares and is always there and will give them what they need.  I believe His heart was crying out, “Why won’t you just rest and trust in me?  Just walk and trust that I love you.  I AM GOD!  I am in control.”  I began to ask myself, “Do I trust Him?  Do I worry?  Do I need signs to believe?  Will I just walk every day and believe He is there?”

Jesus came and did signs and wonders for people to believe He was the Messiah and sent by the Father.  I believe His heart cried the same thing to His disciples. “Don’t you see who I am?”  God cries the same thing to us.  “Do you believe who I am? Do you believe that I am God?”  He says to us, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, what will happen, or even what you are going through right now. Believe that I am God and your Father.”  Do you need another sign to believe?  Does God need to put you in another problem just to get you out so you will trust Him?  Or, will you walk in true faith, never worrying or wondering what’s going on?”  The fact of the matter is, that if Israel would have just trusted in the beginning after being led out of Egypt, then what took them 40 years would have been a very short trip.

How long will your wilderness be?  How many more times will God have to get us out of trouble before we will just rest in times of trouble and believe?  Trust/Faith is the ultimate act of Worship!