HOW TO STEP INTO THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY

Joshua 3:1 Early in the morning Joshua rose and set out from Shittim with all the Israelites, and they came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing over.   

I. Keep Your Eye on Box

⁵ Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves; for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you." ⁶ To the priests Joshua said, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass on in front of the people." So they took up the ark of the covenant and went in front of the people.     

II Get Your Feet Wet  

^{13 “}When the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan flowing from above shall be cut off; they shall stand in a single heap."  ¹⁵ So when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the edge of the water, ¹⁶ the waters flowing from above stood still, rising up in a single heap. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho. ¹⁷ While all Israel were crossing over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, until the entire nation finished crossing over the Jordan.   

III. Think Outside-the-Box   

⁹ Joshua then said to the Israelites, "Draw near and hear the words of the Lord your God. ¹⁰ By this you shall know that among you is the living God.”