Entering The Land

God gives marching orders. With the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan He gave them to Joshua. “Get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them.” One can only wonder how Joshua felt at the moment before entering the land. He had been there once as a spy but this time he carried the weight of leading the children of Israel. He faced a flooded river, fortified cities and giants in the land. In this moment of truth the Lord commanded, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Now in Laredo we look across the border and prepare to enter the land. We follow God’s marching orders but what will we face? Border guards? Drug traffickers? Miraculous conversions? While we do not know what awaits us we do know who awaits us. The Lord is already there having prepared a place of for us and waiting for our arrival.

We already see His hands in the details. Get this. Last weekend Jodi, who is moving to Mexico with us, attended her cousin’s wedding in Virginia Beach. There she met her cousin’s in-laws, who were from – you guessed it – Mexico. Not only were they from Mexico BUT they are from Cuernavaca the city where we will attend language school AND they are born again believers. They insisted that Jodi now has family in Mexico. What are the odds of that encounter? Try to tell me the Lord is not in the details as we enter the land.