Trusting God in Flood Season
Pastor Jason West
September 1, 2024
I. Keep Moving
(2 Corinthians 4:16-18; Psalm 23:4)
Deuteronomy 6:23a “And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in”
Joshua 13:1 “… there remains yet very much land to possess”
Philippians 3:13-14 “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”
II. The Crossing of the Rubicon
Joshua 3:1 “Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.”
A. See the
Joshua 3:15b “the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest”
B. Hear the
Romans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
1. Look to God’s
Joshua 3:2-3 “At the end of three days the officers went through the camp and commanded the people, ‘As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.’”
Joshua 3:4 “Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”
2.
Joshua 3:5-6 “Then Joshua said to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.’ And Joshua said to the priests, ‘Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people.’ So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.”
Joshua 3:7 “The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.”
Joshua 1:5b “Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you”
3. Be
Joshua 3:8 “And as for you, command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”
Exodus 14:14 “The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”
a. God is
(Joshua 3:10)
b. God Keeps His
(Romans 8:32; Joshua 21:45)
4. You Still Need to Get Your
Joshua 3:11-12 “Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan. Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.”
Joshua 3:13 “And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap.”
C. Walk Forward in
(Joshua 3:17)
James 2:26 “For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.”
Joshua 3:14-15 “So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest) …”
Joshua 3:16 “the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.”
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