Good morning,
I just had to share this with you. I just wrote you about my experience Pastor John, but Amy and I talked about it yesterday. I read the tract, “Stand Still in Jordan”* again and this just jumped out at me. God is so good! This just makes my heart jump for joy! I feel like Jesus is saying, “Now Michelle, I have you where I want you. Do not fear, trust me, and rest where you are.” I just feel that all over me! Whew…this is just so good!
From the tract:
“Now, my Reader, when the winds howl over your Jordan, and the floods come, do you become nervous? Do fear, doubt, and unbelief take away what little peace you do have? We read in 1John 4:18, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, for fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears has not been perfected in love.” Child of God, can’t you perceive that there is perfume in those storms of yours, perfume coming from the flowers on the eternal shore? Can’t you see Christ, our High Priest, stepping down into the raging torrent of life’s voyage and with bruised feet wading out into the waters for you? Oh, how many need to catch a glimpse of this and get ready!
“Many floods would flow themselves out without harming us if we thoroughly understood the meaning of the promise of Isaiah 43:2: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.” How many times have we given up and failed to win a great victory, when only a few more moments would have ended the fury of turbulent Jordan!
“Let us not fail to notice the word ‘rest’, as used here. The feet of the priests had to ‘rest’ in the waters before the crossing could get under way. Beloved, are you too restless or nervous for God to manifest Himself mightily to you? Would you like to know the calmness of resting in the swelling streams of life? If so, God will show you how. He can pile the flood up in a heap.”
Michelle