Joshua 3:16-17
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 (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.
Verse 17 says that Israelites crossed over the dry ground. What a miraculous thing God did! God not only opened a path for Israelites in the face of certain death, He is also God of thoughtful. Not only did he stopped the water at the upstream, He also made the river bed dry. Otherwise, it would have been an incredible task for an army of two million people to cross the muddy river bed. Whenever I read this, I was full of joy. God truly guides us with His skillful hands.
He is not only God that guided Israelites to cross the river, He is also God that made them walking on dry ground. Often we worried about our future, not knowing the path in front of us. Nor do we know how God will guide us. Even though we believe that God will surely guide us to cross, we are still not confident, afraid that the path prepared by God will not be as good as the path prepared by us. Even when we walk on the path prepared by God, we still worry. Just like Israelites who walked on the dry ground, many of them were probably worried: walk faster, in case the water will come back! Verse 17 says that "until the whole nation has crossed" Jordan River. How little faith does a man have. Even when he is walking in the miracle of God, he worries. Like Peter seeing the Lord walking on water, he asked, "If it is you, tell me to come to on the water." The Lord asked him to come. The moment Peter stepped his feet out of the water, he had to be very excited. Seeing the Lord, he walked forward. But then, as soon as he saw the wave, his faith disappeared. He fell into water. Had he fixated on the Lord, he would have kept walking. But once he saw the circumstance, he lost his faith, and fell into the water.
Brothers and sisters, we have to learn to focus our eyes on God. If we only see our circumstances, our faiths will be bonded by worry, and fear. We will lose our confidence. When we fixate our eyes on God, God will open a way for us. It is a way that He prepared, which far exceeds that of what we think, what we ask. Come to lean on God with faith! Give everything in your life to God. Remember, it's far better to be in the hands of God than those of your own.
Lord, we thank you, for not only did you guide Israelites to cross the Jordan River, you let them walk on the dry ground. We place the path of our life in your hands as well. May you let us lean on you, because you are the Lord who is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.. I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!
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