Title: Wet Foot, Dry Foot
Author: Christopher Harbin
Text: Joshua 3:7-17
I don't particularly like wet feet. I've walked in a deluge of rain before and don't really appreciate it. I've seen rain washing a 25 lb. granite paving stone down the street. I did not want to cross that. It was a bit more worrisome than getting my feet wet. When we are faced with major obstacles, how do we respond? Are we prepared to fully rely on God's guidance through uncertain and unknown waters?
Crossing a body of water was significant. We don't tend to think much of the bridges we use as a routine. Many times I have crossed over a stream or creek without being aware of its existence. I was more focused on the road or other scenery to worry about how surface water moves from higher to lower ground all around us. On foot, however, our perceptions are different. I'm well aware of the stream crossing under the street just beyond our property, because I have walked that road numerous times. Just don't ask me where it goes moving west of here. I would have to look that up on a map. As far as I know, the only water crossing under the highway west of here is four miles away and there is a significant hill between the two places.
In Ancient Israel, water was a significant barrier, especially when it came to rivers and lakes. The bridges needed to cross them were virtually non-existent. Most people knew nothing about swimming. It was hard enough to locate a ford for crossing. Even access to those made passing through with much of any kind of burden a near impossibility. Sheep do not care for crossing fords. They are only comfortable with water that is still. A nation of people crossing at a ford would likely end up deepening the water at that crossing.
When they had crossed the Reed Sea under Moses' leadership, Pharaoh's army had been unable to follow, for horses and chariots would have bogged down in the mud. Gathered at the Jordan R ...
Author: Christopher Harbin
Text: Joshua 3:7-17
I don't particularly like wet feet. I've walked in a deluge of rain before and don't really appreciate it. I've seen rain washing a 25 lb. granite paving stone down the street. I did not want to cross that. It was a bit more worrisome than getting my feet wet. When we are faced with major obstacles, how do we respond? Are we prepared to fully rely on God's guidance through uncertain and unknown waters?
Crossing a body of water was significant. We don't tend to think much of the bridges we use as a routine. Many times I have crossed over a stream or creek without being aware of its existence. I was more focused on the road or other scenery to worry about how surface water moves from higher to lower ground all around us. On foot, however, our perceptions are different. I'm well aware of the stream crossing under the street just beyond our property, because I have walked that road numerous times. Just don't ask me where it goes moving west of here. I would have to look that up on a map. As far as I know, the only water crossing under the highway west of here is four miles away and there is a significant hill between the two places.
In Ancient Israel, water was a significant barrier, especially when it came to rivers and lakes. The bridges needed to cross them were virtually non-existent. Most people knew nothing about swimming. It was hard enough to locate a ford for crossing. Even access to those made passing through with much of any kind of burden a near impossibility. Sheep do not care for crossing fords. They are only comfortable with water that is still. A nation of people crossing at a ford would likely end up deepening the water at that crossing.
When they had crossed the Reed Sea under Moses' leadership, Pharaoh's army had been unable to follow, for horses and chariots would have bogged down in the mud. Gathered at the Jordan R ...
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