“As soon as the priests . . . set foot in the Jordan, its waters . . . will be cut off.” (Joshua 3:13)
The Israelites were not to wait in the camp until the Jordan opened, but to “walk by faith” (2 Cor. 5:7). They were to break camp, pack their belongings, form a marching line, and step into the river before it opened.
If they had come down to the riverbank and then stopped, waiting for the water to divide before stepping into it, they would have waited in vain. They were told to “set foot in the Jordan” before “its waters . . . will be cut off.”
We must learn to take God at His word and walk straight ahead in obedience, even when we see no way forward. We are so often sidetracked by difficulties because we expect to see barriers removed before we even try to pass through them.
If we moved straight ahead in faith, the path would open for us. But we stand still, waiting for the obstacle to be removed, when we ought to go forward as if there were no obstacles at all.
Faith that goes forward triumphs.
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