Give these instructions to the priests who are carrying the Ark of Covenant: "When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop."
When Mary and I began our relationship of accountability we were soon hooked! We were so thankful to God for bringing us together to pray together, encourage each other, listen to each other and praise God together. We often look back on our faith life and comment on what a difference having each other made in our life and our relationships with God. Since we first became God First Friends God has laid on our hearts many ideas for a future ministry. We have jumped into writing books and devotions, we have met with people regarding big plans, we started up a beautiful bible study group, and started a blog.............all of which still blow my mind! Our latest is a retreat, to which you were invited yesterday, and as I read from Joshua 3 today I was reminded of life and the importance of putting our faith first.
God has not been completely clear on every detail of our retreat. We know that it is to be about accountability because that is where our hearts are drawn and we feel that God has shared this beautiful secret with us so that we can share it with you all. As the Israelites were preparing to enter the promised land they were also given vague instructions to follow the priests carrying the Ark of the Lord's covenant into Jordan river. To make it even that more faith filled, and to show God's amazing power, the river was at flood levels and probably rushing like crazy downstream. Imagine the type of water you are to stay very clear of when flash flood rains occur......yes take a step into that water and then you will cross the river. In so many words, that was their instruction. Like the priests, Mary and I will take our step into the rushing river trusting that God has it all taken care of from there. We have no idea who will come, and exactly what will happen once they are here, but we will take our step of faith and believe our God will do the rest for us. (but of course it will be so much fun!)
What has God asked you to step in to? Are you waiting on the rest of the details before you move, or are you willing to walk into the rushing waters? Sometimes God just wants to know we are committed to Him. He just wants to see if we will listen. Maybe He will shut down our retreat before it happens or maybe He will close a door to that one thing you decide to step in to but at least we took the step. We trusted God and that's all that matters.
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