Getting Started This Week | Prone To Wander Week 1
April 06 - April 11, 2026
Daily Bread
This Week's Focus: After the rescue comes the journey.
In Exodus 16–17, God’s people are no longer in Egypt, but they’re not yet where they’re going. They’re in the wilderness, learning to trust God not just for deliverance, but for daily provision.
And almost immediately they begin to struggle.
They’re tired. They’re uncertain. They start to question if God will really come through.
If we’re honest, we’ve been there too.
We’ve seen God move in our lives, yet still find ourselves feeling off track, restless, or distant. But the story doesn’t end with wandering.
The same God who rescues is the God who provides. Just as He gave manna in the wilderness, He invites us to depend on Him daily through the life found in the Resurrection of Jesus.
This week, we will:
No matter how far you feel from where you should be, remember this:
God hasn’t given up on you. He’s still forming you.
The Israelites had just experienced one of the greatest miracles in history. They had seen God rescue them, provide a way through the sea, and lead them into freedom. But it didn’t take long before their perspective shifted.
In the wilderness, their needs felt immediate. Hunger. Thirst. Uncertainty. And instead of trusting God, they began to complain, question, and even long for what they had left behind.
It’s easy to read that story and wonder how they could forget so quickly, but we often do the same. We experience God’s goodness, yet when life gets hard or unclear, we begin to drift. We lose rhythm. We feel disconnected. We wonder if God is still near.
But the wilderness is not where God abandons His people, it’s where He forms them.
This week, we’ll explore what it looks like to trust God for what we need each day, to recognize how we drift, and to rediscover a deeper dependence on Him.
Because God hasn’t just rescued you, He’s shaping you.
In Exodus 16–17, God’s people are no longer in Egypt, but they’re not yet where they’re going. They’re in the wilderness, learning to trust God not just for deliverance, but for daily provision.
And almost immediately they begin to struggle.
They’re tired. They’re uncertain. They start to question if God will really come through.
If we’re honest, we’ve been there too.
We’ve seen God move in our lives, yet still find ourselves feeling off track, restless, or distant. But the story doesn’t end with wandering.
The same God who rescues is the God who provides. Just as He gave manna in the wilderness, He invites us to depend on Him daily through the life found in the Resurrection of Jesus.
This week, we will:
- Recognize where we’ve drifted and why
- Learn to trust God for daily provision, not just big moments
- Discover how God forms us in the in-between seasons
No matter how far you feel from where you should be, remember this:
God hasn’t given up on you. He’s still forming you.
The Israelites had just experienced one of the greatest miracles in history. They had seen God rescue them, provide a way through the sea, and lead them into freedom. But it didn’t take long before their perspective shifted.
In the wilderness, their needs felt immediate. Hunger. Thirst. Uncertainty. And instead of trusting God, they began to complain, question, and even long for what they had left behind.
It’s easy to read that story and wonder how they could forget so quickly, but we often do the same. We experience God’s goodness, yet when life gets hard or unclear, we begin to drift. We lose rhythm. We feel disconnected. We wonder if God is still near.
But the wilderness is not where God abandons His people, it’s where He forms them.
This week, we’ll explore what it looks like to trust God for what we need each day, to recognize how we drift, and to rediscover a deeper dependence on Him.
Because God hasn’t just rescued you, He’s shaping you.
Scriptures For The Week
Scripture helps us hear God and live His truth.
- Exodus 16:1–3 | The struggle in the wilderness
- Exodus 16:4–5 | Daily bread from heaven
- Exodus 16:13–21 | Learning to trust God daily
- Exodus 17:1–7 | From Dry Places to Living Water
- John 6:32–35 | Jesus, the Bread of Life
Weekly Memory Verse
Read it once a day. Let it shape how you think and pray this week.
35Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
John 6:35 NLT
John 6:35 NLT
Reflect
Reflection helps us pause, listen, and let God speak to our hearts.
- Where in your life do you feel off track or disconnected right now?
- What has made it difficult to trust God in this season?
- What might it look like to depend on Him daily instead of occasionally?
Optional "More"
Read
Worship | Spotify
The Exodus Daily Rhythm of Worship Playlist
- Psalm 78:18–25
- Matthew 6:11
- John 4:13–14
- Deuteronomy 8:2–3
- Philippians 1:6
Worship | Spotify
The Exodus Daily Rhythm of Worship Playlist
Ready To Begin?
You don’t have to have it all together.
You don’t have to be “back on track.”
Just start here.
God isn’t waiting for you to figure everything out, He’s already with you in the middle of it. And even if you’ve wandered, He is still leading, still providing, and still forming something new in you.
You don’t have to be “back on track.”
Just start here.
God isn’t waiting for you to figure everything out, He’s already with you in the middle of it. And even if you’ve wandered, He is still leading, still providing, and still forming something new in you.