Well before we find ourselves in the wilderness, we are given the choice of following God.  At some time after we were born, we came to the day when we decided to do something even though we knew it was wrong.  In the Garden, Adam and Eve had a choice of either following God's leadership or following their own will.  Every person since has been given the same choice.  I am not guilty because of someone else's sins, but because of my own.  It was my willful disobedience that led me away from God and into my own wilderness, and too often I chose to return there.  Still, He calls, "Come, follow Me."