04/11/2026
In today’s Bible reading, we find this nugget:
“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 an 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 3:15-16 KJV).
The Israelites stood at the edge of a flooded Jordan River, right across from Jericho. They couldn’t see what was happening 16–20 miles upstream at the city of Adam. But the moment the priests stepped into the water in faith, God began piling up the waters “very far” away. The miracle had already started, they just couldn’t see it yet.
Isn’t that so much like life with the Lord?
Oftentimes when we trust Him and take that first step of obedience, we don’t immediately see the beginning of the miracle. He’s already at work “upstream” in ways, places, and timing we can’t see from where we stand. The river may still look raging and impossible downstream, but He is moving mountains (or heaping waters!) far beyond our view.
All we have to do is trust His promises and His process and keep walking forward by faith.
