Comments on: Joshua 3 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/ reading the bible as a community Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: phil green http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3745 phil green Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:45:48 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/#comment-3745 “When you see the Covenant-Chest of GOD, your God, carried by the Levitical priests, start moving. Follow it. Make sure you keep a proper distance between you and it, about half a mile—be sure now to keep your distance!—and you’ll see clearly the route to take. You’ve never been on this road before.”Then Joshua addressed the people: “Sanctify yourselves. Tomorrow GOD will work miracle-wonders among you.” Maybe sometimes we need to distance ourselves in order to get a better perspective on things, to gauge the bigger picture more clearly etc and it can help us to discern the route to take more clearly, especially when, like the Isralites it is a journey which is going to take us along a road we have never been on or travelled along before. Pretty good advice for those engaged in more pioneering ministry I guess! Maybe that is why we have to sanctify ourselves as the road may be rocky, the journey ahead is probably bumpy, with lots of unexpected twists and turns, not to mention the opposition that may come as much from within as from without, even from those who we are we are hoping may accompany us on the new journey/adventure. Fascinating stuff! “When you see the Covenant-Chest of GOD, your God, carried by the Levitical priests, start moving. Follow it. Make sure you keep a proper distance between you and it, about half a mile—be sure now to keep your distance!—and you’ll see clearly the route to take. You’ve never been on this road before.”Then Joshua addressed the people: “Sanctify yourselves. Tomorrow GOD will work miracle-wonders among you.”

Maybe sometimes we need to distance ourselves in order to get a better perspective on things, to gauge the bigger picture more clearly etc and it can help us to discern the route to take more clearly, especially when, like the Isralites it is a journey which is going to take us along a road we have never been on or travelled along before. Pretty good advice for those engaged in more pioneering ministry I guess!

Maybe that is why we have to sanctify ourselves as the road may be rocky, the journey ahead is probably bumpy, with lots of unexpected twists and turns, not to mention the opposition that may come as much from within as from without, even from those who we are we are hoping may accompany us on the new journey/adventure.

Fascinating stuff!

]]> By: Karen http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3742 Karen Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:05:01 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/#comment-3742 I see God being put first and because of that they would be sanctified. Now that's a challenge! I see God being put first and because of that they would be sanctified. Now that’s a challenge!

]]> By: Steve http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3701 Steve Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:04:29 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/#comment-3701 The thing that I find amazing is that we are called to carry the same power and authority of God's presence into the places we go and with the people we meet. It was only with the obedience of the priests going where they were to go and doing what God commanded them to do that his awesome power was able to be revealed and He was able to lead them towards the promised land. I do sometimes wonder if the church (and by that I mean me and us) would rather sometimes discuss the merits and consequences of causing a national water shortage and set up a commitee to examine all aspects of this, rather than doing what we are clearly being called to do. Jesus commandment is 'Go' so how come we often manage to do something completely different. The thing that I find amazing is that we are called to carry the same power and authority of God’s presence into the places we go and with the people we meet.
It was only with the obedience of the priests going where they were to go and doing what God commanded them to do that his awesome power was able to be revealed and He was able to lead them towards the promised land. I do sometimes wonder if the church (and by that I mean me and us) would rather sometimes discuss the merits and consequences of causing a national water shortage and set up a commitee to examine all aspects of this, rather than doing what we are clearly being called to do. Jesus commandment is ‘Go’ so how come we often manage to do something completely different.

]]> By: Ant http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3685 Ant Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:50:54 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2009/03/17/joshua-3/#comment-3685 WOW. Can you imagine if that happened today? However I wonder if God would be glorified in it amongst the headline news, the helicopter flyovers and of course the inevitable law suits for loss of water that would follow! More importantly do we have the faith to imagine that God could do that today? The phrase Sanctify yourselves. Tomorrow God will work miracle-wonders among you. keeps coming to me...are we ready for God to work wonders or are we in need of sanctifying...sadly I know the answer for myself! WOW. Can you imagine if that happened today? However I wonder if God would be glorified in it amongst the headline news, the helicopter flyovers and of course the inevitable law suits for loss of water that would follow!
More importantly do we have the faith to imagine that God could do that today?
The phrase Sanctify yourselves. Tomorrow God will work miracle-wonders among you. keeps coming to me…are we ready for God to work wonders or are we in need of sanctifying…sadly I know the answer for myself!

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