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,

so that

   all the people of the earth

   may know

that the hand of the LORD is mighty,

that you may fear

      the LORD your God forever.

                  Joshua 4. 23-24

(What is my Jordan River

         too deep to wade

     or my Red Sea

        too deep to swim?

What do I need to

   trust God about today?

What one step can I take?

   And then, the next.

God is providing

     His way through this,

through what we see

      as impossible

      and what paralyzes us

              into inaction

          and excuses.

Even when we cannot

   yet see the next step,

       we can take this one.

Even when we cannot

   yet see the path,

               or a map,

               or the outcome,

    we can trust Him.

And through it,

   even in the hard stuff,

He promises,

     "I am in your midst."

God is not just waiting

    somewhere on the other shore.

He walks with us.)

O LORD,

Help us to trust You.

Break through our reluctance

      and pathetic excuses

  that we may follow You.

Show us Your steps

      one at a time,

and when we need to run.

Help us to not miss out

       on Your wonders.

And to realize that

    as we follow You,

there are others watching

to know that Your hand is mighty.