「等到...祭司把腳掌踏在約但河水裡，...水必然斷絕，立起成壘。」－約書亞3:13
以色列百姓不能在帳幕中枯坐，等待神開通前面的路，他們需要憑信心向前直走。
他們該拔營起行，整理行囊，組織隊伍，直直的走進河水四溢的約旦河岸，因為唯有這樣神才會斷開河水，為他們開路。
若他們只是停在河邊，靜待河水分開後才肯走進河中，他們將懸望空等。他們必須踏出第一步，踏進洶湧滿溢的河水，神才願意使他們步履乾地。
儘管環境從四面壓迫我們，使我們不見出路，求主使我們學習單純的取用祂的話；祂的話怎麼說，讓我們也簡單照樣聽從。
我們常在環境面前寸步難行，因我們期待神將環境挪去；但神卻在等著我們願意先憑信往前，不畏環境艱難，然後祂隨即要為我們開闢路徑。
若我們不看環境，懷著信心單單仰望神的話語，無視險阻的存在，就必有康莊大道為我們而開。－晚思
"As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests...shall rest in the waters?the waters shall be cut off" (Joshua 3:13).
The people were not to wait in their camps until the way was opened, they were to walk by faith. They were to break camp, pack up their goods, form in line to march, and move down to the very banks before the river would be opened.
If they had come down to the edge of the river and then had stopped for the stream to divide before they stepped into it, they would have waited in vain. They must take one step into the water before the river would be cut off.
We must learn to take God at His Word, and go straight on in duty, although we see no way in which we can go forward. The reason we are so often balked by difficulties is that we expect to see them removed before we try to pass through them.
If we would move straight on in faith, the path would be opened for us. We stand still, waiting for the obstacle to be removed, when we ought to go forward as if there were no obstacles.--Evening Thoughts
