“Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them.”
Joshua 1:2
What has been a “Promised Land” in your life? Perhaps it’s a job you’ve applied for. Maybe it’s a school you hoped to get into. Possibly it’s a person you’ve been wanting to date. While these proverbial Promised Lands may be better places to be than where you were before, they still have problems of their own. The job will have a learning curve. The new school will be very different from your previous school. And the honeymoon stage of your dating relationship won’t last forever.
This past Sunday, we learned that just before the Israelites entered into the Promised Land, they were given a few pieces of bad news: their great leader Moses is dead, they have to cross the massive Jordan River, and they will enter a new land where their enemies and obstacles are unknown.
Likewise, even though we may be exiting Covid lockdown soon, there will undoubtedly be new problems that come with the new normal. In seasons with turbulent waters, it is imperative to keep ourselves anchored in God and community to keep us mentally, emotionally, and spiritually grounded.
