Deuteronomy chapter 8 teaches us how God broke Israel of Egypt and taught them how to live by His Word, the Manna from Heaven. Conversion from our old life comes through God suffering us to hunger and then feeding us with Christ. Understanding this process enables us to stay in step with the Holy Spirit's work to sanctify us.

““All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your forefathers. “You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. “He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the