But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with
God.”
The Jordan River just outside of Jericho is a site most
Christians know as the place where John baptized Jesus and where God’s people
entered the Promised Land. But for the Israelites of the Old Testament, the Jordan
was a roadblock. Decades of irrigation have left the Jordan narrow today, but
at the time of the Exodus, this was a wide, fast-flowing river that stopped the
Israelites in their tracks. They were on the brink of a God-sized future, but
were stuck at an obstacle.
Do you ever feel like this? Like the thing God has for you
is just out of reach?
God told the Israelites that the only way past the Jordan
River was for them to take a step of faith into the water. He told them that
only when their feet were wet would He stop the flow of the river—and this is
exactly what happened. But in order for the river to stop where they were, God
had to block it upstream. This means He was working long before His followers
had worked up the courage and faith to move forward.
Are you facing an obstacle today? Are you stuck on the
wrong side of your own “personal Jordan”? I believe that God is already working
today to get you through your roadblock so He can move you from being grounded
to being grateful.
Dear Lord, we pray that we would not look at the obstacles
in our life as an obstacle but that we would look at them knowing You are
already working the situation out. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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