(I haven't seen any new posts in over a month, so I have decided to use this blog to journal my daily Bible reading- kinda like a squatter moving into an abandoned building.)
Joshua 3
1Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 At the end of three days the officers went through the camp 3and commanded the people, "As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it. 4 Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before." 5Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."
"rose early in the morning"
Great endeavors get us up early in the morning. A good measure of my sense of mission and resolve is apparent in how early I get up in the morning.
"As soon as you see the ark...set out from your place and follow it"
Like the disciples followed Jesus, who is our ark and mercy seat. So should we follow immediately when we see him at work- and there is no need to keep our distance.
"Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you"
In the new covenant, the order is reversed: The Lord Jesus did wonders then He consecrated us.
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