Monday, June 7, 2010

FIRST STEP
I know what God wants me to do, but how do I find the courage to take that next step?

Scripture To Consider:
So the people left their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of them. It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge, the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.
Joshua 3:14-16

Big T's Thought To Ponder:
The Israelites had to have been eager after 40 years of wandering aimlessly in the wilderness with what seemed limited and barren resources. God had provided what they had needed, living on the daily manna provided them by the sovereign hand of God. But after 40 years, the lavish abundance and richness of the Land of Canan had to be a sight for sore eyes.

To finally have reached their destiny, the Promised Land, the abundant and rich land of milk and honey! The opportunity to conquer the the people living there and live the peaceful life that had been promised by Moses and Father God finally within their reach. I can only imagine the anticipation and sense of urgency they must have all felt!

God had given Joshua and His chosen people specific instruction on how and by what means to approach the raging banks of the Jordon River and how to successfully get across what must have looked much like reaching one side of the Grand Canyon and being worlds apart from where they wanted to be. That helpless feeling of, "we can't get there from here"!

God gave them specific instructions: In order to get across, the high priests were instructed to take one step into the raging rapids of the Jordan! One step that could leave them 1,000 yards down river and drowned for any of those of you have have white water rafted you know what I am talking about. What if Joshua and the priests would have been too afraid to take the step of faith?

More times than not, it would appear that God provides us no solution to our problems until we trust Him and move forward in obedience by taking that first step we know we should take. What are the Jordan Rivers, Grand Canyons and seemingly impossible obstacles in you life?

In obedience to God, take that first step in faith into the deep water and allow God to guide you to the promises and goodness He has Divinely planned for your life. Be strong and courageous!

God's Truth & Promises:
God will never lead us into a trial, into trouble or into a raging storm of life without carrying us and delivering us through to the other side - Stand strong and be courageous!

"And He did rescue us from mortal danger, and He will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in Him, and He will continue to rescue us.
2 Corinthians 1:10 (NLT)

"It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed"
Deuteronomy 31:8

"Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those whose hope is in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint"
Isaiah 40:28-31

Take The Steps Of Faith God Has Called and Equipped You For, He Is Always There To See Us To Safety!
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