Spiritual Markers

Joshua 3; Joshua 4; Joshua 5; Joshua 6; 1 Corinthians 4
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Scripture

Joshua 4

4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had chosen—one from each of the tribes of Israel. 5 He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the LORD your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. 6 We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 7 Then you can tell them, ‘They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant went across.’ These stones will stand as a memorial among the people of Israel forever.”
8 So the men did as Joshua had commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan River, one for each tribe, just as the LORD had told Joshua. They carried them to the place where they camped for the night and constructed the memorial there.

Observation

Do you have any spiritual markers in your life? Like: When you first accepted Christ? When you joined a certain church? When God called you to a specific ministry? When you really got serious about following Christ? When God called you out and maybe you had to move to another city or another country because He wanted you somewhere else?

If you are a Christ-Follower then you have spiritual markers in your life. Joshua wanted the people to remember what God did for them as they crossed the Jordan on dry ground. How quickly their fathers had forgotten about how God had parted the Red Sea and they were able to walk across to safety on dry ground. Remembering what God has done in your past is huge when it comes to getting through the problems of today. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Application

I will take time today to reflect on the spiritual markers of my life. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank you for doing so much in my life. There are so many times that you have come to my rescue. There have been so many times that you have changed the direction of our lives but never the purpose. Kathy and I are so blessed. You have been so good to us. Thank you for every place that you have taken us and thank you for all the friends that you have given to us along the way. Thank you for allowing us to serve you in Tampa and back in the church where we first came to know you as Savior. How neat is that! You are Wonderful. You are so worthy to be praised. In Jesus Name Amen.

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