What God will do for you

Joshua 2
9Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. 10This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites. 11See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. 12Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. 13And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.” 14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. 15Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, 16the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. 17The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.

Joshua and the Israelites begin their mission to take the land God wants them to have. The first thing God does is tell them what to do, so they can get it done the right way and glorify God, not themselves. He tells them EXACTLY what to do...all they have to do is do it.

Then He shows them, in a big way, what He will do to help them and assures them that if they follow His command, they will succeed. So, He stops a huge river to let them pass...and this isn't the first time He has done this for them! Wow! How awesome is God's power and how awesome how He uses it to help us as we do what we are supposed to do! Things we would never dream we could do!

There are more stories here about the great things God does to help the Israelites conquer the land He wants them to have. He shows them He knows they have to have "some skin in the game" by conquering it. However, He makes sure they will get it done if they follow His commands.

So, what is God doing for you right now? How is He working in your life? What is He requiring you to do in order for you to have "some skin in the game" ? Are you doing it? Are you trusting God will provide?

I currently have several different things God is doing for me right now. All of them are requiring me to trust that God will provide and lead. I like to have a plan and follow it, but God has a different plan, and He wants me to trust Him. So, I will. I may falter from day to day, but I will continue to try. I will continue to look to God for my guidance and give Him the glory for my victories.


Father in heaven, please help me to focus on what you want in order for me to receive the blessings you want to give me! Please help me to focus on you only! In Jesus awesome name I pray! Amen.