Unexpected Obstacles
Ye have not passed this way heretofore. Joshua 3:4
There are times in life when the mundane pattern of everyday routine is interrupted by unexpected and changeful events--times when we face the unknown, and challenges to our faith that we have never experienced before. In this verse, Israel was facing such days, but the Ark, which normally would have been in the midst, moved to the front of the camp and opened the way before them. How comforting to know that not only is the Lord in our midst, but that He has trod the path before us, and we can safely follow where He may lead.
--W. H. Burnett
Fear no evil, fear no evil, only all my counsel take,
For I’ll never, never leave thee, I will never thee forsake.
