11.24.2007

take special note of that

In Josh3, the Israelites cross the Jordan in the same exact manner they crossed the Red Sea -- between surging walls of water, on dry land, under the miraculous power of the Lord through His servant. Except this time it's Josh instead of Moses. Then how come everyone only recalls Moses & the Red Sea and not Josh & the Jordan?

It can't be because it wasn't a unique miracle. If we ever get to the point where miracles no longer seem wondrous unless they've never been done before, Lord help us. Although I suppose we're already there, what with the lackadaisical attitude toward new believers, miraculous turns themselves.

The Lord states that He was going to be with Josh the same as He was with Moses. And the Jordan parting was a clear sign that Josh was every bit the prophet that Moses was. But when we think of the great heroes of the OT, Josh is not in the same breath as Moses and Abe and Jacob. Even after his great speech in Josh24, his death at the end of that says nothing special about Him.

My belief is that what man remembers and what the Lord remembers are vastly different things. On those fields in heaven when we greet each other in eternity and see all of His people in the presence of the Lord, we'll see Josh in his glory every bit as honored as Moses. Of course that will be true of all of us, since our colors will fade before that light in equal measure.

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