Crossing River Jordan

I had to undergo yet another surgery, a cancer repair surgery on 20th April 2021. God has been kind to me and I am slowly recovering from my surgery. I have been given an opportunity to share the word of God on Choir Sunday in our church while I was on a 6 week recovery period. Please excuse my language, i am speaking in my mother tongue - Malayalam.

Summary: 

God told people of Isreal to wait at the shore of river Jordan for three days. Isrealites asked "God, why did you bring us here at this particular time?" river jordan was overflowing. 

This overflow was occassioned either by latter rains or rather by melting snow on Mount Lebanon. If it was bit earlier or bit later time of the year, they could have just cross the river through the barren land, and they asked "why did you bring us at this particular time?"

Word of God dont leave any questions unanswered, Word of God gives us the answers all the time. The answer of their question was provided in the same portion Joshua 3:15; It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. On the other side of river Jordan, it was harvest season. God told the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites to store their crops and then asked Joshua to cross the river. 

During our life journey, we might not even understand why God led us to a challenging situation, it could be a terinal illness, financial crisis, we could not comprehend the reason for that. We would be scared and run away from our certain impossibilities; But the scripture reminds us that there is always a reason for the tribulations, for the trials. If God has brought you to river Jordan, he has already prepared a harvest for you on the the other side of the river. 

God is asking us not to run away, but to be thankful for the challenging days, because after sometime we are going to have joyful feast. God is working for us, let us be patient and He will show us the light on the other side of the tunnel. 

Amen!