I don’t know if you’ve ever thought about this, but I always question how the Israelites doubted God so much. I mean, how could they doubt God’s sovereignty and provision after all of the miraculous signs He did and all the ways He always provided for them? I mean…they pretty much had face to face interaction with him through Moses. And then it hits me, I am the same way. I may not have face to face interaction…but I have a personal relationship with Christ and He lives within me. That’s a pretty big deal. Plus, I too have seen God’s work through the ages…in the Bible, in the lives of others, and especially His faithfulness in my life…yet I still doubt. I always say to myself that next time I will be sure to take God at His word and just surrender what is going on immediately…but that just doesn’t work out for me. All that to say, God’s been throwing me some curveballs…things that I just don’t expect and things that are different than what I would have planned in my timing. It finally hit me again last night that I wasn’t doing the immediate surrender that I had promised myself I would do last time I didn’t trust God to provide. I started reading the Bible and I was brought to Joshua 3 (titled “Crossing the Jordan”). It says “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, who are Levites, carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. Then you will know which was to go, since you have never been this way before…Then Joshua told the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.'” It was one of those times that just profoundly spoke to me. God’s like, “if I’m moving- then go! All you have to do is follow me. Leave your position and follow!” It’s not about me knowing the way, but about me just following and knowing the way because God is guiding me on a path I’ve never been on before. It even goes as far to say that along the way we must consecrate ourselves because God is going to do something amazing! I was reading in Spanish and I just love the translation: it’s almost like… leave your place…leave where you’ve been just hanging out and follow me. Spanish has more verb forms than English and they have many tenses that express uncertainty in sentences like this….but in this particular verse…there is no tense that expresses uncertainty. It just says “YOU WILL KNOW which way to go.” I love that. There is no uncertainty in God’s way and He will guide us and do amazing things. I thought that was an amazing reminder 🙂
