I have been reading about Joshua off and on for a while now. I love Joshua. I love his faith. I love how God uses him.
This morning I was reading in Joshua 2 and 3. The story of Rahab the prostitute and the crossing of the Jordan. And as I was reading the last part of Chapter 3, I was struck that God can really do anything.
Joshua 3:13-17
13 And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”
14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenantwent ahead of them. 15 Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, 16 the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. 17 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.
The Jordan is at flood stage and the moment the priests set foot in the Jordan, the waters flowing downstream were cut off and stood up in a heap. Can you imagine how big that heap was?? And the heap was at the town of Adam (I don’t think that was a coincidence – have to do some research on that). Can you imagine what was going on in the minds of the people of that town? The priests stood firm on DRY ground. It wasn’t wet, sinking sand they stood on. And all of Israel crossed on DRY ground. God took care of EVERY detail.
So what is your Jordan river that is at flood stage? What is the obstacle or mountain that is in front of you? Do you believe that God will take care of you? Do you believe He cares about every detail? I am not saying He will remove the obstacle, He may not. But what I am saying is He is with you and He will get you through that obstacle. He will do amazing things but you have to hold His hand and walk through that flood stage Jordan with Him.
Before Joshua lead the people to the Jordan, he told them this:
Joshua 3:5
Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”
Whatever your struggle, whatever that obstacle, whatever that mountain is you are facing, believe that God is with you and He will do amazing things! If He can lead the people over DRY land through the flood stage Jordan, He can do anything!
Tell me below what you are believing God to do – I would love to know and also pray for you as well.
Happy Sunday friends!
Leigh Ishee 