Numbers 34:1-15

These verses delineate the borders of God’s promised land to Israel. They are real places, with fertility, elevation, water, population density, strategic value, etc.… All are unknown. I can imagine fear and faith battling in each heart, a prelude to actual war. It is easy to minimize this transition from our perspective. Taking the step into the Jordan at flood stage was only a prelude to the faith needed to possess their land. That first step was the only thing they could be sure of. God still works that way. He gives the next step. Walking in faith means letting him handle the rest. So hard.

Lord, I am on the edge of a new journey. Show me the next step. Give me faith to trust all else to you.