The River Jordan

(Job 40:23) “Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.”

When all else fails is God not enough to satisfy you? Are you not complete in Him, or do you look for quiet satisfaction and rapturous delight elsewhere? Does the cares of this life engulf you with all its troubles? When we find ourselves deep within the River Jordan, and we look upon the Behemoth’s of life do we cower away into the corner of doubt, or do we swim swiftly to the overhang of unbelief? Where we consider that not all music blown from harmonious instruments, or drawn from living strings, can yield such promise as we find in our gracious God, our heavenly Father, for when He promises something it will surely stand the test of eternity! Why would we want anything but God? Christian here is all you will ever need and it is to be found in and through the Lord Jesus and His glorious Word. Put your trust in Him and everything else will begin to fade into insignificance when the hope of His eternal glory takes route in our lives and begins to uproot all unwanted doubt and unbelief. This will happen as God is able to keep and deliver the bird from the fowler’s hand. The capacity of wealth found in our God, who can measure it? When our soul finds rest in Him, there is a deep sea of bliss, a shore less ocean of delight; all we need do is come and bathe in it, renewing our spirit and when we enter the waters of change, spiritually reforming our mortal bodies into the image of our Saviour glorious example, when our example begins to take on the form of His paradigm, although often hazy and distorted, nevertheless our lives begin to mimic His life, what joy does that bring to a believer? In fact so much delight that when we see the change in our lives even if the transformation be small, it causes our souls to joyously sing praises to our heavenly Father. When we have finally grasp that God is our Father and words like; “I will be their God” rings true to our ears, however do not refer to other having to convince us that we are saved and reassuring us that we belong to the King of Kings. No, rather when you have understood that God is for you, that He is your Father, that the Lord Jesus paid the price for your sin as a individual, when this truth resonates deep within your soul, it is only then will you enter His ocean of delight. When you swim for an age that you find no shore, dive throughout eternity and you will find no bottom. I am not always finding victory as a constant achiever in the river Jordan, but what I can say without any fear of contradiction, is I have taste that the Lord is gracious and it is sweet to wash in the Jordan, where he abides even when the river becomes turbulent and when the waters rush against my mouth so that I gasp for air I know that my Saviour is there!

May we always keep in mind who it is we call Father, may we bear in mind what the Lord Jesus accomplish on Calvary by His death and may we walk in faith trusting our God for He is willingly and able to carry us through whatever it is He was predetermined for us to endure. Father help us understand if need be that to dwell in the light of the Lord will ravish us with love and equip us to rejoice with unspeakable joy.

Let us not be swayed; “Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.”

Signing off

Tyrone