In Wilderness, J. D. Walt takes us deep into the challenging story of the Israelites’ journey from the Red Sea into the wilderness of crisis and challenge. Here we witness the struggle to trust God in the midst of chaotic circumstances. Cloud by day. Fire by night. Manna in the morning. Quail in the evening. Water from the rock and covenant on the mountain.

As the journey unfolds, we experience tremendous correlations between the cataclysmic crisis of Covid-19 and the classic Exodus text. The Pandemic of 2020 put a high-water mark of sorts on all of our lives. We will never be the same. God’s Word made an indelible impact as our everyday faith was intertwined and challenged by the test of this deadly disease.

May this special edition of Wilderness be a permanent reminder of where you were, what you experienced, and how God met us all together in these unforgettable days.