Standing Firm in the Middle

Standing Firm in the Middle

P. Jason Hubbard

Joshua 3

1. Standing firm requires in .

Joshua 3:6 NASB20 – And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

Joshua 3:8 NASB20 – “So you shall command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'”

2. Standing firm is a result of .

Joshua 3:5a NASB20 – Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves…”

Joshua 3:5b NASB20 – “…for tomorrow the Lord will do miracles among you.”

3. Standing firm in flood season is a performed by God.

Joshua 3:15-16 NASB20 – and when those who were carrying the ark came up to the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark stepped down into the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest), then the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.

Joshua 3:15 NASB20 – and when those who were carrying the ark came up to the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark stepped down into the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),

4. Flood season is season.

5. The enables us to stand firm.

Joshua 3:17 NASB20 – And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.

Psalm 23:4 NASB20 – Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Deuteronomy 31:8 NASB20 – “And the Lord is the One who is going ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not desert you or abandon you. Do not fear and do not be dismayed.”

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