Sometimes when we are at camp, far away from the realities of life and living in comfort among familiar faces while experiencing a spiritual high, we often don’t want to move out of that experience and come back to the real world. Just the same, sometimes we become too comfortable with the familiarity of our daily life that we don’t want to move out of that familiar pattern even though at times we know that we need to move on.
On the last night of camp, Pastor Chris shared a message on ‘Crossing Your River Jordan’ from the passage of Joshua 3: 1-17. Pastor Chris mentions that there are 4 areas of our Christian life.
- Being stuck in Egypt
This phase is likened to the time when the Israelites were still living in bondage in Egypt. They were without joy because they had no control over their lives. Every day is spent fulfilling the orders of others. We were all once in this phase, before we found freedom in Christ.
- Wandering in the wilderness
This is when people have been set free, out of Egypt, but wander around aimlessly in the desert. They are people with no direction and guidance, unable to tell you where they are going or where they want to go. And like the people of Israel, sometimes they cannot let go of their past, choosing to think often of their time in Egypt.
- Standing at the banks of River Jordan
Pastor Chris says that the people in this category, are perhaps the worst of the lot. They stand cluelessly (ok, I know that technically the word 'cluelessly' does not exist) at the banks, looking at the Promised Land on the other side, but doing nothing to get there. When you know it's the Promised Land at the other end, you would think it silly not to cross over right? But think of the things in your life, have there been times when you need to cross over but didn't, because you never thought of it as 'the promised land'?
- Entering the Promised Land
We need to be fearless. We need to cross the river and take possession of the land that God has given us; a place of blessing and authority.
Crossing the river doesn't just mean moving forward, but also putting the past behind us. When we put the past behind us,
- our disgrace and shame is over. It's a new page. We no longer live a rebellious life but we live in obedience to God.
- we don't turn back. That's right. The pages have been turned, so you you keep going. You still have a chance to change your future, so work on that.
- our years of fears are over. We now walk under the covering of Christ, under his protection and governance.
- we live to exalt God's name.
God has an amazing plan for each one of us and we can come closer to our destinies only by moving forward. After all, God created us to be champions and conquerors, not cowards who don't dare to go forward
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