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THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Jesus does not measure the amount of the gift, but the amount of heart in the gift.
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DAILY DEVOTION
Upstream Blessings
“As soon as the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”
Joshua 3:13, NIV
Two million Israelites were waiting to cross the flooded Jordan River to enter the Promised Land. But the Jordan’s strong current was overflowing its banks. There was no way to cross. God told Joshua to tell the priests to carry the Ark of the Covenant, which represented the presence of God, and to walk into the river. The Israelites were watching with great anticipation, believing the waters would miraculously part as the Red Sea had forty years before. But when the priests’ feet touched the water, nothing happened. Everything looked just the same. Why?
What they couldn’t see yet was that God had stopped the flow of water twenty miles upstream, and the Israelites simply had to wait in faith to see the upstream blessing. Like with them, what you’ve been praying about is on the way, but don’t let what’s happening downstream talk you out of what God has done upstream. You can’t see it yet, but He’s already dammed up the worries, stopped the sickness, broken the addiction. Walk by faith and not by sight. Those waters are about to recede.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You for the promise that You will part my Jordan River when I step into the water. When things look impossible, I know that You want me to be bold and keep taking steps of obedience, to keep praying and expecting. I believe I’m going to see miracles along the way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

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