We all need food. Some of us could skip a meal or two, but the human reality is that without food for a prolonged period of time, we would die. Many in our world today know that danger very personally as hundreds of millions of people face starvation this year. So there’s nothing unclear about our need for nutrition through eating. With that reality in view, any time there is a question about having what we need, we feel some panic. What will we do to make sure our needs will be provided? Or the needs of those we love? Truthfully, we can panic for things that aren’t quite needs. And our desperation to get what we think is essential to our lives can make us fall out of synch with our faith. So let’s look at how God used this basic need to try to teach Israel to depend on Him – for more than just food!