The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to honor you in the eyes of all the Israelites. Then they will know that I am with you, just as I was with Moses. Speak to the priests who carry the ark of the covenant. Tell them, ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan River, go into the water and stand there.’ ”(Joshua 3:7-8)
As then people of God waited at the Jordan, watching its rushing waters, He was working, planning, rescuing. The people just could not see it! The priests were told to move. God challenged them to trust Him even when things seemed to be still. It the midst of this pandemic, when everything seems still, while we wait, He is still working! Will we trust Him?
Read the comments that income across this morning when searching for answers . . . . .
God knows we need to be reminded of our dependence on him over and over again for as long as we live. Few reminders are more vivid or visceral than waiting by flooding rivers. Or spending nights in a lion’s den. Or watching for heart stopping moments to see if Xerxes would extend his scepter. Or waiting in the Garden of Gethsemane while your rabbi pours out his soul and sweat in anguished prayer, knowing there are dangerous men who want to arrest him and you. God knows that these reminders of our dependence are frightening and place profound strain on us (even when things turn out well in the end). That’s why he shows us that we can trust him and wait on him. He has been his people’s helper over and over and over again across the millennia—and he will help us now no matter what may come. (https://www.ccef.org/anxiety-waiting-and-the-coronavirus/)
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