Remember These Rocks

➤ by Isabel Jennings

Israel had escaped from 400 years of slavery in Egypt by God’s mighty hand. Ten plagues and one Red Sea later, and they had escaped. But they didn’t have the faith to believe that God would take them all the way to the Promised Land.

When we arrive at Joshua 3, we see the second generation of Israelites, 40 years out of Egypt, ready to enter the Promised Land.

A group of children holding hands. "Other people's miracles and faith can only take you to a certain point."

If we read Joshua 3 and 4, it tells us the story of the day that Israel crossed a flooding Jordan River and set foot as a nation on the land that would become theirs.

God had the Priests carry the Ark of the Covenant into the Jordan River, and immediately the flooding waters upstream stood still and rose in a heap. The riverbed where the nation was to cross became a dry path so that the entire nation could cross safely.

Until now, they had only heard of the legend of the crossing of the Red Sea. Now, they were going to live their own experience. This would have been monumental.

A pile of stones on a rocky hill. Joshua 4:2-3(NKJV): ““Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe, and command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet stood firm. You shall carry them over with you and leave them

A man from each of the 12 tribes was to stop and choose a stone from the middle of the river, as they crossed. They gathered all 12 stones together, piling them up as a monument on the shore.

Those stones were to be a visible reminder of what God had done for them that day, at the start of their journey into the Promised Land. That place would become a monument where they would later bring their children and grandchildren. It would be a tangible place to show future generations.

This was the location where God had not only brought them to the Promised Land, but had also crossed them over a flooding river to do so.

A woman in a black hat walks through a field of sunflowers, with her hands raised toward the sun. Remember what God has done for you.

There are places in your life that are marked by impossibility. You literally had tried everything and failed. You had come to the end of what you could do on your own, and there was no way out. The odds were not in your favor.

Those were the days or places when you know that it was nothing but the miraculous intervention of God in a situation that turned it around. Those were places or times when impossibility met face-to-face with the Way Maker, and things turned around.

These are monumental times in your life. They are like the stones that Israel piled up beside the Jordan River.

Why is it important to remember these “stones”?

It is for the same reason that it was significant for Israel to remember crossing the Jordan. When you are in a situation, with your back against a wall, and with no way of escape, sometimes your faith can get really low. You can become discouraged. You need to remind yourself of what God has already done for you. You need to build up your faith and strengthen it.

It is similar to when David had returned from battle to the town of Ziglag. Everything had been burned down and all their wives and children were captured by an enemy army. David’s own men wanted to kill him.

A group of rocks stacked on top of a white box Description automatically generated.png ALT- Several stones with orange threads throughout are stacked and balanced on each other. Where was your Jordan? What are your rocks?

His wives were also taken. It was a terrible day, but David didn’t stay focused on the events of that terrible day. He didn't stress and worry about what was happening.

The Bible says that he encouraged himself in the Lord (1 Samuel 30:6). Why?

David had already lived through some impossible situations. He had fought a giant and won. His own father-in-law was chasing after him to murder him and time after time he had escaped.

Remembering what God has done strengthens your faith to believe for what He is going to do next. It says, “I know what You have already done. I know that You can do the impossible. Now, I am trusting that You will intervene again”.

Go back to these significant milestones where God intervened for you. Remember the details of each one. Remember how faithful God was then, and what He saved you from. Remember what He has done for you that no one else could do.

Praise Him for what He did then, and praise Him for what He’s going to do for you now.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goes, Joshua 1:9.

Big, fluffy white clouds fill the sky and display a rainbow. If God promised, then He is faithful to do it.

Encourage yourself, like David did.

Consciously turn your mind and remember what He has done and trust Him to intervene again. He promised that He would go with you, wherever you go. He is with you in this new situation. Not only that, but He can and will intervene for you again.

Don’t give up!

From the article, Lembre-se Das Pedras, by Isabel Jennings

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A woman in a black hat walks through a field of sunflowers, with her hands raised toward the sun. Remember what God has done for you.
Big, fluffy white clouds fill the sky and display a rainbow. If God promised, then He is faithful to do it.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Matthew 28:19-20

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