“Listen to Me, you who follow after
righteousness, You who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were
hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug … For the Lord will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will
make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy
and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody” (Isaiah
51:1-3 KJV).
Joshua was great and faithful leader of
God’s people. After the miracle of crossing
the Jordan river on dry land, he called for a memorial of stones to be erected
to remember God’s deliverance. The
stones were to stand reminding that generation and the coming generations of
the hand of God in the miracle for those that followed His guidance. God is mighty to provide and deliver. The stones would stand for generations still
God ... His promises and His deliverance are eternal.
What are the stones that stand for your
life? Do they stand for the greater work
of God? Rocks are solid and substantial but beyond their semi-permanence is the
eternal glory of God. Look to God, for He
is faithful to all generations. He is and will be a comfort, strength and a great joy for all
generations to come. He provides a way
across the rivers before us and makes the wilderness bloom as a loved and
tended garden. There is great joy in our
hearts as we remember all that He does, has done and will do.
“So that the peoples of the earth may
know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that they may fear the LORD your God
forever” (Joshua 4:24 ESV).
Suggested Bible Reading ... Joshua 4 & Isaiah 51
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