Why is following God so hard?   I know God is good, but I take things into my own hands so easily.   I don’t have any solutions for m wandering heart, but I know I have company.  In Joshua 3-4, the Bible tells us that as Joshua led the people into the Promised Land, God parted the Jordan River.  After God’s work, Joshua had the nation build a memorial to recall God’s faithfulness.  Before moving on to take the city of Jericho, Joshua spoke these words to the people in Joshua 4:23-24:

²³“For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the LORD your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;  ²⁴that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, so that you may fear the LORD your God forever.”

            “So that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”  If anybody should have feared the Lord, it was the generation that entered the Promised Land.  But they didn’t.  The book of Judges tells us how they strayed from the Lord.  If they didn’t follow God after seeing all God’s works, what chance do we have?  We have one chance – Jesus.  Only the power of the Gospel can change our heart so that we submit to God.  I need Jesus as much today as I needed Him thirty one years ago when I first came to faith.  Join me in calling out to Christ to empower us to live in submission to God.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 5th, 2010 and is filed under Andy's Blog.