Today's Favorite Verse: Joshua 3:13, 17

Today's Favorite Verse: Joshua 3:13, 17

"And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. "

This made me think of a church video with Elder David A. Bednar telling the story of the priests carrying the ark of the covenant and the children of Israel crossing over the Jordan river. The water did not stop until the priests first entered into the river carrying the ark. They needed to act in faith first before it was safe to cross. I couldn't find that video. But I found another video called "Being an Agent to Act". A couple of key things I learned from it, "We must act first and then the power comes.", "One thing required is to wait upon the Lord." I see in this story that the priests did act in faith by stepping into the Jordan River. What I hadn't thought about is how they stayed there and waited upon the Lord, in order to see everyone cross. We never really are in this life alone. There is always someone else the Lord wants us to be mindful about in our journey of faith. Another thing was sometimes we must stand and wait a bit, after we have acted in faith. The timing is the Lord's.

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