Okay, this is Beth. Listen, what we live for at Living Proof is to serve people the Word

of God. We base our ministry on Hebrews 4-12 that tells us that the Word is alive and

active. We pray this message is going to serve you in some way today and that God is

going to speak through it. Thank you so much for giving us this privilege.

Joshua 3, 3 and 4, these verses say, when you see the ark of the covenant, I'm

starting that at the quote, when you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your

God and the priests who are Levites carrying it, you are to move out from your

positions and follow it. Then you will know which way to go since you have never

been this way before. I wonder to whom that speaks even at that point that God

has some place for us to go somewhere where we're being led and do you have that

sense inside your gut, that sense inside your spirit, that he is about to take

you someplace you have never been before and how are you going to know when to

move and where to go. Powerful, powerful thought to me and it says since then you

will know which way to go since you have never been this way before but keep a

distance of about a thousand yards between you and the ark do not go near it.

Verse 5, Joshua told the people, consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will

do amazing things among you and Joshua said to the priest, now remember this is

our key because we're looking for the role of the priest specifically in the

conquest. What have we already seen? They are to carry the ark of the covenant,

bear it upon their shoulders, they're going to bear the weight of it as they

cross over into Canaan into the promised land. So we're told in and six, Joshua

said to the priest, take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of

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