And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; and as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. | ||
| Joshua 3:14-16 | ||
| The Israelites weren’t commanded to step into a trickling stream but into a raging river. But how could it have been otherwise? In reference to the Holy Ghost, Jesus said, “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. And out of his innermost being shall gush forth torrents of living water” (see John 7:37-38). Thus, it’s appropriate that, as a symbol of the power and presence of the Holy Spirit, the Jordan would have been a roaring river. For the Jordan to part at the point the priests stepped in, God had to have built a supernatural dam nineteen miles upriver. Because Joshua and the people of Israel couldn’t see that far, this means that God was working out of sight. And He still works that way today. That’s why He says, “Trust Me. Don’t walk by sight. Walk by faith. I’m doing things nineteen miles upriver that you can’t see now - but that you will understand in the right place, at the right time.” Pastor Jon Courson | ||
