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A Step of Faith

Joshua 3:9-17
It is a never-to-be-forgotten experience when we hear a promise of God and step out on it in faith and then see God doing things on our behalf. The priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant into the Jordan River saw God work. It would not have been enough for them to have stood close to the edge of the water and to have believed in the great ability of God to stop the flow several miles upstream and pile up the waters as though there was a great dam there. If we were asked, "Is God able to do such a thing?" we undoubtedly would answer yes. But if each of us had to answer the question "Will God do this for me?" what would our answer be?
Every Christian is as precious in God's sight as the people of Israel were precious in His sight. What He promised them He did for them, and what He has promised you and me He will do for us. If we step out in faith, God will work on our behalf.
The Israelites did not make the mistake at the edge of Jordan of merely reckoning on God's ability to do what He promised. They did not stand to see what God would do. When they received their marching orders to go into the river and the priests led with the Ark, then the waters parted. Those priests got their feet wet. That is the only way faith operates.
"Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God" (1 Cor. 2:5).

Without FAITH it is impossible to please God.

If our heart condemns us not, then we have CONFIDENCE that we will have the things we ask of Him.

Now here is why FAITH is not at work in many lives~~ they are walking under condemnation; for they have known sin in their lives.

This stands in the way of FAITH operating in our lives. A lot of people make the mistake of trying to deny the promises of God because of their own unbelief. They think that because THEY do not see these things happening, that it must be true that God took away every thing of His promises when the apostles all died. What a foolish and deadly mistake.

After the Isarelites crossed over, they again set up their unbelief~~~ their worst sin was in limiting the Holy One.

They tempted God and SAID~~~~~ CAN GOD?

Let us not walk as they walked~~~~~~ in hardness of heart and unbelief.

Great message. Thank you for your labour here.

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