12 Stones

Joshua 4 cont’d from yesterday:

Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.  He said to the sons of ^Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’  then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’  For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the Lord your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;  that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”

The people obeyed.  They took the stones and they listened to what they were told to do with them.

They were reminded again to tell their children why the stones were set – that the Lord dried up the river so they could cross over on dry ground.

In fact, it was just like what God did before when he dried up the Red Sea, so the people could cross.

And why did God do this?

So that they would know that he is mighty.

Your kids need to know the mighty things God has done for you.  Tell them. Set them in stone.

And fear (reverence) the Lord your God forever.