Step Into The Water

"And it shall come about when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, and the waters which are flowing down from above shall stand in one heap." Joshua 3:13

It is now forty years after the children of Israel have left Egypt. For four hundred years they have lived with a promise, that there was a land that would be given to them, a land flowing with milk and honey. They had been here once before, forty year ago. Earlier under the leadership of Moses, they had come to the edge of the promised land, but because of a negative report, the hearts of the people melted, and Israel was judged for forty years.

Now they are back... the parents have died, the children have grown, it's no longer Moses but Joshua. But the dream is still the same. The promised land, their land, a land flowing with milk and honey - and land where the people could grow - a land where the people could prosper - a land where they were free to serve and love God - a land that God always had said was theirs.

But, it was an occupied land, and even before the land, there was a barrier, the Jordan River. For them to take the land, they first had to step into the water, and a flooding water at that, and cross the Jordan River.

That water stood as a test of their faith. You see, it's one thing to be brought out of Egypt- it's quite another to cross over Jordan and become committed, with no retreat.

What has God set before you today? Can you trust Him, can you believe by faith to see it come to be?