Remember

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’ Then you can tell them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ For the LORD your God dried up the river right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until you were all across, just as he did at the Red Sea when he dried it up until we had all crossed over. He did this so all the nations of the earth might know that the LORD’s hand is powerful, and so you might fear the LORD your God forever.

Joshua 4:21-24 (NLT) 

Do you ever remember something and wonder how you ever forgot “It”? “It” was so important at one time and now you realize you have not thought about “it” in quite a while? It almost shocks you that “it” is a thing of the past now. 

Isn’t it amazing that God knows we forget our “Its” all too easily. God knows us so well that the word remember shows up 172 times throughout scripture! 

This is true for so many things, but especially when He has been faithful to see us through “It.”

He has walked with us through so much and yet, we doubt. He knows we forget the “its” that He has carried us through. If He does not remind us, He knows we will not remember. 

In Joshua 3:14-17, the Israelites (God’s chosen people) were up against the Jordan 

River. It was daunting, but they needed to cross it. God made the waters still so that they could cross. When they got to the other side, God told them to place rocks there to remember what He had done -that He had been faithful and present and powerful. 

Notice the waters were still there, but God kept the waters away from them. He made a dry path for them to cross over, and He (His presence represented by the Ark of the Covenant) did not come out of the river until everyone was safely across. Their journey was not over and there were struggles to come. God told them to take the time to remember Him because it would give them strength in the days to come and would serve to teach future generations Who He is.

Today, remember Him. What has He already carried you through? Trust Him to do it again. How can we place “stones” to remind us of His power?