When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God carried by the Levitical priests, you are to break camp and follow it.
But keep a distance of about a thousand yards between yourselves and the ark. Don’t go near it, so that you can see the way to go, for you haven’t traveled this way before…”
Come closer and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” (Joshua 3:3-4, 9)
As I read those words, I couldn’t help but think of some verses I’ve been memorizing over the past week from Psalm 143.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! (Psalm 143:8-10, ESV)
That could have been the song of the Israelites entering Canaan.
But it’s also my prayer now.
The future is all untraveled ground for me. There’s so much I don’t know.
And Satan would lay so many traps for me that I can’t see.
But God knows everything that lies ahead.
And so I want…I need to draw closer. To listen to His words. To learn to do his will. To be led by his Spirit moment to moment, day to day.
What does that look like practically? I’m still trying to figure it out, to be honest. But that’s my prayer.
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! (Psalm 143:8-10)
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