In the wilderness, God tells us to trust that his provision is better. For the Israelites, that provision is bread—manna. “When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, ‘What is it?’ For they did know what it was’” (Exod. 16:14-15). The manna is named for its very “what-ness”—the fact that the Israelites didn’t recognize what it was.