Be Bold and Courageous: Crossing The Jordan, Revisited

In March of 2014, the Lord gave me a dream where I was crossing a modern-day Jordan river and going into the promised land.  To paraphrase, I was on a boat with many people, who, although nice, seemed really unmotivated, and the boat was stuck.  I decided to leave the boat, join an evacuation team that had come to rescue us, and then send off into the wilderness at the other side of the river.

God showed me that my experience in this dream strongly paralleled Joshua chapters 1-3. We need to be bold, motivated, and decisive.  That's where the rewards are!  That's where we put all our trust into Him.  What it means to be bold for Jesus, and what can be lost, if we aren't bold!  All in all, the Lord was showing me through this dream that I had already chosen to step out, and that it was now time to walk in that .You can read more about this whole message here:  Entering The Promised Land.

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."                                          Ephesians 2:10

Since my initial experience, the Lord has revisited this "crossing the Jordan" theme several times. And this present season is one of them!  In the last few days, I've been blessed with many, many things that have confirmed the message.  Many of these confirmations are from scripture that the Lord has specifically led me to; others are through signs or the writings of others.  Below are just a few of the scriptural ones:

BOLDNESS: Joshua 1:9

"Have not I commanded you? Be strong, vigorous, and very courageous. Be not afraid, neither be

dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."                              

CROSSING THE JORDAN ON DRY LAND:  Joshua 3:6-11

"Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant and pass over before the people. And they took it up and went on before the people.

The Lord said to Joshua, This day I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 

You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan. Joshua said to the Israelites, Come near, hear the words of the Lord your God...

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan!"

REMEMBRANCE: Joshua 4:21-24

"And he said to the Israelites, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, What do these stones mean?

You shall let your children know, Israel came over this Jordan on dry ground.

For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up for us until we passed over,

That all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty and that you may reverence and fear the Lord your God forever."

There is so much in these scriptures--the Holy Spirit has so much to say to us through them.  This is what my dream relates to, and this is what we can all relate to everyday.  We can take from the details of Joshua 1 through 4 many things:

God has commanded us to be bold and courageous.  He has commanded us to step out in faith.  He has commanded us to step out in faith, reaching the Promised Land by it.  He has commanded us to arrive at and attain to every promise found in His Word.  And the last step of attainment may just seem impossible.  It probably will be, without the Lord and His wonder-working power.  God alone can take us to the total fulfillment of our promises.  

So let's be bold and step out.  Let's be bold and lay hold of abundant life.  Let's act into His Kingdom come--let's not wait for another person to stir us up or motivate us to get moving.  Let's make the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil (Ephesians 5:16).  Let's be strong in the Lord and the power of His might (Ephesians 6:10),  

When we step out, let's reach for the Promised Land.  If God has told you something, He is still telling you that something.  The promises have not changed.  Reach for them!  Not by might, not by power, but by the Holy Spirit, step out in faith. (Zechariah 4:6) Step out, and watch as the Lord makes the waters part. 

We can't be stagnant.  We can't be easily satisfied.  We can't be like the people in my dream--well meaning Christians, but more than content to watch as others play the forerunner.  We all need to attain to the blessings of Christ!  We all need to see Him as He really is, for ourselves (1 John 3:2). The veil has been torn for all of us.  And all of us can, with boldness, in faith receive a blessing from God.

"So let no one boast about human beings, since everything belongs to you"

1 Corinthians 3:21