Joshua's Message to the Priests (Josh. 3:6)

8/13/2009 7:50 AM

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                              Focus:  Joshua’s message to the priests

Bible Reading & Meditation               Reference:  Joshua 3:6

            Message of the verses:  “6  And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people." So they took up the Ark of the Covenant and went ahead of the people.”

            Joshua now gives the message to the priests who were to carry the Ark of the Covenant that they, as usual, would be leading the children of Israel on their journey.  They were to take the Ark across the Jordan River, and this would take faith because the Jordan River was at flood stage at the time of their crossing and as stated in an earlier SD this river dropped very fast and therefore the water, especially at flood stage, would be very rapid and difficult to cross.

            While watching a video series at church earlier I saw where the children of Israel would have had to cross the Jordan in order to get to Jericho and the commentator was showing that the priest would actually have to leap from the bank of the river while carrying the Ark, and it was probably at that point when the Lord would dry up the river so that the people could walk through on dry ground.  This would be the second time for some of these people to walk through a body of water that the Lord had dried up in order for them to cross.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  There seem to always be rivers and seas to cross for me and of course I am speaking metaphorically but just the same they have to be crossed and I have to trust the Lord to get me across those rivers to the other side in order to show me that He is who He says that He is and in order for me to praise the name of the Lord for seeing me through these times of trouble.

My Steps of Faith for Today:

1. Trust the Lord to guide my path and see me through any troubled times ahead.
2. Give myself to the Lord for worship and service today.
3. Continue to learn contentment.
4. Trust that the Holy Spirit will search my heart for unconfessed sins so that I may confess them to the Lord.
5. Put on the Spiritual armor of the Lord:  The belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, take up the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and take up the sword of the Spirit.

8/13/2009 8:19 AM