Joshua 3:1-4 (NASB), Then Joshua got up early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they spent the night there before they crossed. 2 Then at the end of three days the officers went through the midst of the camp; 3 and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. 4 However, there shall be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits by measurement. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”
1. Let God Lead
Joshua 3:3, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.”
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.” - Matthew 7:21
2. Follow God early and follow God long.
Joshua 3:1, Then Joshua got up early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they spent the night there before they crossed.
“So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.” - James 4:17
“A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.”- Dallas Willard
3. Let God be God.
Joshua 3:4, “However, there shall be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits by measurement. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”
“These two aspects of God’s nature – his close, comforting presence and his awesome, fearsome glory – are kept in a healthy balance in the Bible.” - David Howard
CONCLUSION
Expect God to Guide Where You’ve Never Been Before
Let God lead.
Follow God early and follow God long.
Let God be God.
