Friday's SELAH
Moving In Faith
Knowing Is Not Enough; We Must Apply. Willing Is Not Enough; We Must Do.
Today's Word
Joshua said to the Israelites, Come near, hear the words of the Lord your God. Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you ... So now take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. When the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord shall rest in the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall stand in one heap. So the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan ... And when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were in the brink of the water... Then the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off, and those flowing down toward the Sea were cut off. And the people passed over on dry ground, ~Joshua 3:9-17
Today's Thought
It is a never-to-be-forgotten experience when we hear a promise of God and step out on it in faith and then see God doing things on our behalf. The priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant into the Jordan River saw God work.
It would not have been enough for them to have stood close to the edge of the water and to have believed in the great ability of God to stop the flow several miles upstream and pile up the waters as though there was a great dam there.
If we were asked, "Is God able to do such a thing?" we undoubtedly would answer yes. But if each of us had to answer the question "Will God do this for me?" what would our answer be?
Every Christian is as precious in God's sight as the people of Israel were precious in His sight. What He promised them He did for them, and what He has promised you and me He will do for us. If we step out in faith, God will work on our behalf.
The Israelites did not make the mistake at the edge of Jordan of merely reckoning on God's ability to do what He promised. They did not stand to see what God would do.
When they received their marching orders to go into the river and the priests led with the Ark, then the waters parted. Those priests got their feet wet. That is the only way faith operates. Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go.
Today's Prayer
Father In Heaven; Enlarge my Faith, Help me to be "Ready," I will make the necessary preparations and "Get-Set." When You say "Go" I will Move out or Over whatever is holding me back from "My Promised Land of Victory." In Jesus Name. ~Amen.
