How did Joshua rise above to receive an invitation to cross the Jordan and lead his friends to the Promised Land? The flood banks of the Jordan are overflowing. Crossin this river is an impossible adventure. Not for Joshua. He believes God's Providential Hand is in this. "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you." No one will be able to stand up against you. So, why is it when I was stiffarmed that I thought that God wouldn't help? His Power & Presence equal this event of mine. A promise of the Presence of God Himself. Simply amazing. Moses knew what it meant to walk with God in the midst of his own infirmities. Now Joshua. God tells us not to be discouraged over our sins but to trust the Captain of our salvation. We're enlisted followers. What could I better say to you than I will pray that the Presence of God will be so very real in this next event of yours---where He promises His Power and Presence. Joshua had no idea how hundreds of thousands could cross the Jordan River and live. It was in Joshua 3:13, when the priests first put their big toe into the water, that heaps of water stood right up and invited them across a path on an ocean floor where no one had ever walked before. Oh God, help us to walk on our ocean floor this day in these events we face in this fallen world.
PRAYER FROM PSALMS
Psalm 114:3 ~ The sea saw and fled. Oh God, even Nature recognizes your Presence. May we believe a little bit more deeply this day that you are overseeing, overriding, overpowering the events of our lives. Help us all, Oh God!
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Joshua 1-4
I pray people throughout the earth know the Lord is mighty, and all of us will revere Him forever!
ReplyDeleteFor the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the Lord your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed; that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”
The Lord is with us. (always, forever). We have victory! Help us to step out in faith and walk in that victory.
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ReplyDeleteFacing an unknown land?
ReplyDeleteBe strong and of good courage for the Lord is with you.
Inquire of God before you move.
Be careful to do everything according to the Law, not turning to the left or right, but keep your focus on God.
Ask Him again to build your faith.
Consecrate yourselves because The Lord will be miraculous among you.
Step into the water of your unknown
Watch God work it out.
Collect a stone of remembrance as He delivers you from your biggest obstacle, your fear!