put your foot in the water
In November my favorite pastor preached a sermon that really hit me and has stuck with me. He was preaching out of Joshua where the Israelites cross the Jordan River and enter the promised land after 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. There they are at the edge of the river. The command is simple: cross the river and take the promised land. The river is just overflowing its banks, at the height of the flood season, in fact. But all they have to do is cross it. That was the command from God. Retrospectively it is easy to say that they have nothing to fear, but standing there, looking at that river, I imagine there were plenty of worried thoughts. But that first step into the water was what changed everything. The river stopped flowing. It backed up. The Israelites crossed on dry ground. How incredible! They entered into the promised land because of a single step. We all have a "promised land" that we are facing. We all have a flooded River Jordan between us and tha...