Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Other Side of the Flood

Joshua 24:3 KJV
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

The flood here spoken of is obviously not that in Noah's day because of the mention of Abraham and Isaac. The word is one that means shimmering, like the sun reflecting off a stream and developed to mean a river. Commentaries claim the river to be the Euphrates because Abraham came originally from the other side of it. I think the reference must mean the Jordan as the Jews crossed it at flood stage when God parted its waters for Joshua to bring them over and possess God's promise for them.

The type of the flood is a traumatic and dramatic one.
• There was risk
• There was thrill
• There was potential victory

And that is the case with every person who follows the Lord into the life He has for us. We view ourselves as possessing this kinship because coming to live for Christ is such a huge life event. Those who have taken those steps see them as like crossing flood waters; we made it through the help of the Lord. We see ourselves as coming from the other side of the flood and we view ourselves as pre and post crossing.

I am praying for those yet on the other side and for those who are today midstream.

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