YES – He did it AGAIN! – Joshua 4:23 - 24

23 "Yes, God, your God, dried up the Jordan's waters for you until you had crossed, just as God, your God, did at the Red Sea, which had dried up before us until we had crossed. 
24 This was so that everybody on earth would recognize how strong God's rescuing hand is and so that you would hold God in solemn reverence always."

– Joshua 4:23 - 24

YES – He did it AGAIN!

God is a busy guy!  He is always working and He is always moving.  If you doubt that, just look at the natural world around you . . . miracles are going on every minute of every day as the world – this big blue ever-changing marble – moves, and breathes, and expands under His direction.  We too, are ever-changing and God is constantly working to get us to a place of intimate relationship, with Him.  That is His goal.  That is His purpose.  That is why we are here.

Throughout the last few books of the Bible, the central theme (and it seems almost every other paragraph), is that the children are being reminded that God is their God, and . . . 

It's the "and . . . " that is so amazing!  ANd God did this; and God did that; and God is doing this other thing; and God will bless; and God will promote; and God will (fill in your own blank).  "And God" is endless, and it continues today just as it did all those thousands of years ago.  The miracles repeat themselves when the circumstances dictate that repetition is needed, and God (see, there it is again), moves His people from one place to another; He rescues, and He restores, and He renews, and He refreshes.  Why?

He does this, and He will always continue to do this so that everyone on earth would recognize how strong His rescuing, and restoring, and refreshing hand is.  He does this so that you and I will hold God, our God, in solemn reverence . . . ALWAYS!

Are you needing a miracle today?  How are you holding God?  Are you giving Him the attention and the reverence He's due and expects? Or, are you barely giving him any part of your day, still expecting Him to come through for you?  Relationships are reciprocal, meaning they are give-and-take; both parties acting on and completing their assignments.  God wants that kind of relationship with us.  He wants to be The BIG God for us.  He created us for this very reason, but it's up to us to do our part.  We have to make God our priority because if we don't, we won't receive all that God has for us.  We won't realize the fullness of life that He designed for us.  We won't ever recognize how really very BIG He is.

I don't know about you, but I want to see how big God is.  I want to experience His power in my life.  I want to see for myself, the miracles that I read about in the Bible.  I believe I can, if I will hold Him, and revere Him, and fight for my relationship with Him, above everything and anything in my life.  I firmly believe that I can . . . and I firmly believe that you can too.

Prayer

Father, You ARE THE BIG GOD!  You are constantly working to bring us into relationship with You.  Forgive our inattentive ways and our lazy attitudes.  Forgive our neglect and our abuse of Your love for us.  Help us Lord, we need Your help.  We need Your relationship so that we can know You in Your fullness.  Reveal those areas in our lives that are blocking our paths to You and then help us to let go of everything so that we can hold on to You.

Have a blessed day everyone!

– Richard