I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

Joshua 3. “So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground” (Verses 14-17). Did you see it?! I’ll re-write it: “The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord STOPPED in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while ALL Israel passed by until the WHOLE nation had completed crossing…” God stands in the midst of our Jordan and makes our storms, our oceans, our sea of problems DRY ground. The best part? He stays there till we completely cross!!! I want us to notice God didn’t take the sea away, it was always there as the people crossed. God’s not in the business of removing our seas, or our storms they are there for a reason. They help grow our faith, they teach us to put our trust in the one and only person that can walk us through it. The lesson: Don’t fear the seas, even if they rage. Our God can make them as dry land.