Joshua 3:8,15-17,4:18
"Tell the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river.’"
"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, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, while the water flowing down to the Salt Sea was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. The priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground."
"And the priests came up out of the river carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before."
Here we see a few key notes!
1- OBEDIENCE: the priests received instructions & OBEYED!
2- OVERCAME FEAR WITH FAITH: although the priests recognized the dangers of flood stage waters, they chose to OVERCOME FEAR WITH FAITH!
3- INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S ABILITIES: as all this transpired, their real-life experiences allowed for INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S ABILITIES!
4- EXAMPLES: the priests were a great EXAMPLE to the rest!
5- INSPIRED COURAGE: the priest's INSPIRED COURAGE to follow God into the unknown!
"WE CAN DO THE SAME!"
"ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LET GOD LEAD THE WAY!"
"Tell the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river.’"
"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, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, while the water flowing down to the Salt Sea was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. The priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground."
"And the priests came up out of the river carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before."
Here we see a few key notes!
1- OBEDIENCE: the priests received instructions & OBEYED!
2- OVERCAME FEAR WITH FAITH: although the priests recognized the dangers of flood stage waters, they chose to OVERCOME FEAR WITH FAITH!
3- INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S ABILITIES: as all this transpired, their real-life experiences allowed for INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S ABILITIES!
4- EXAMPLES: the priests were a great EXAMPLE to the rest!
5- INSPIRED COURAGE: the priest's INSPIRED COURAGE to follow God into the unknown!
"WE CAN DO THE SAME!"
"ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LET GOD LEAD THE WAY!"
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