Steps Of Faith — The Priests In The River (Part 4)
God didn’t bring them to the Jordan just to show them that He could stop a river. He was leading His people forward into the next chapter of His plan.
Steps Of Faith — The Priests In The River (Part 4)
The River Wasn’t the Destination
Have you ever become so focused on getting through something that you forgot that God was taking you somewhere beyond it?
After 40 years in the wilderness, Israel was finally standing at the threshold of the Promised Land, but a river stood between them and what God had promised.
It would have been easy to make the river the whole story. How would they cross? When would the water recede? What were they going to do? But the river wasn’t the destination.
God didn’t bring them to the Jordan just to show them that He could stop a river. He was leading His people forward into the next chapter of His plan. The obstacle was there, but it wasn’t the end of the story.
When we face a difficult season, our prayers tend to get focused on getting through it. We want the problems settled. There’s nothing wrong with asking God for help. But we can become so concerned with the obstacle that we lose sight of the purpose beyond it.
God teach us something through those seasons. He is preparing us, deepening our dependence on Him. We can trust that no obstacle ever places God beyond His ability to lead us.
After Israel crossed the Jordan, God told them to take 12 stones from the riverbed as a memorial (Joshua 4:1–7) to remember what God had done, but they were also to keep moving forward. The stones marked a crossing, not a place to settle down.
We should remember God’s faithfulness in yesterday’s trials without getting stuck in yesterday’s struggles. Don’t spend so much time staring at the river that you forget the land God brought you to.
You may be facing a river today. Ask God for the faith to take the next step, the patience to trust Him through the crossing, and the vision to see beyond the obstacle.
The river may be part of your story, but it doesn’t have to be the end of your story.
