Rest in your redemption

As the Jordan River swelled to a mile in width, crossing it was no small task. Especially with millions of people! God said, “Go over this Jordan, you and all this people” (Joshua 1:2 NKVJ). Do you think they were scared? Would you have been? “The feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water” (Joshua 3:15 NKJV). It was the smallest of steps, but with God, the smallest step of faith can activate the mightiest of miracles. As they touched the water, the flow stopped as if someone had shut off the water main. Next, we read, “All Israel crossed over on dry ground” (v. 17 NKJV). By performing this miracle, God wanted them to know this: “By this you shall know that the living God is among you.” For Joshua’s people, assurance came as they stood on dry land looking back at the Jordan. For us, assurance comes as we stand on the finished work of Christ and look back at the cross. Let the cross convince you. Be settled about God’s faithfulness. The psalmist describes a person of faith this way: “He is settled in his mind that Jehovah will take care of him” (Psalm 112:7 TLB). Life has many unanswered questions, but God’s promise to save you needn’t be one of them. “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32 NKJV). Rest in your redemption. The past is past. Your future is bright.