Last week I went to one of my favorite stores to browse around. Of course I found a treasure I couldn’t pass up. A little sign with a few words on it grabbed my attention.
As I reflect on these words I am reminded of the undeniable goodness of God in my own life. God has always been great in His faithfulness towards me. He wants me to remember and for others to hear of the great things He has already done for me.
In the book of Joshua the Lord said, Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests’ feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’”
(Joshua 4:1-3)
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”
(Joshua 4:20-24)
Like the Israelites we also have struggled through some tough places. Most of us have a history of trials that we have prayed over with much persistence and lots of tears. Hard things that because of God’s great faithfulness and mighty hand are now behind us.
I encourage you to every once in a while go back and reflect. Remember the days that you prayed for what you have now. Pass by some of your memorial stones. Tell people of the mighty hand of God in your own life. Proclaim His greatness and then trust Him with the things you are praying for today.