Tag: Joshua

Digging in Deeper: Joshua 3:8

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“And as for you, command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'”  (ESV – Read the chapter)

This has always struck me as one of the more remarkable stories in the Exodus narrative.  Here were Joshua and the people of Israel ready once again to cross the Jordan and enter the Promised Land.  The bounty of God’s provision and promise lay ahead of them.  The only thing that stands in their way is the Jordan River.  But, this should present no real trouble to them.  After all, God had already parted a whole sea for them.  What threat does a river pose? Read the rest…

Lean into God

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Happy New Year!  In this New Year’s Eve sermon, we spent the morning talking about the tools we need to find success in our New Year’s resolutions.  More than that, with the help of God’s conversation with Joshua as he was taking over the mantle of leadership of the people of Israel, we talked about the tools we need to help move ourselves in the direction of God no matter what our starting point may be.  Keep reading to see what these are.

 

Lean into God

Today is New Year’s Eve.  A whole year’s worth of activity and life experiences comes to an end with the stroke of midnight tonight.  Now, in a sense, this is a day just like any other.  What significance it has is entirely constructed.  Tomorrow will be Monday just like it was seven days ago and just like it will be seven more days from now.  There is nothing in the Scriptures which proclaims that on December 31st thou shalt get reflective and throw a big, wild party that often ends with total strangers kissing each other amid a thronging crowd of hundreds of thousands.  I’ve read the whole thing a few different times and I haven’t found a single statement to that effect. Read the rest…