When It's Time To Move

I've been doing a lot of thinking about the ideas of moving and home and finding ones place in the world. I recently had a conversation with a friend and we both admitted that neither one of us feels like where we are is "home" right now, but we're not sure that where we came from is either. And I'm of the school of thinking that until you find something that makes you happy or until you know that where you are is where you're supposed to be for a while, then keep moving. And as we move, God will do things and show us things along the way. 

This morning I was reading in the book of Joshua (one of my faves) and some of the verses that I have loved for years, hit me in a new and different way. When God asks us to go somewhere or do something, we need to keep moving until we get there. When the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, that was a big "God thing". But they didn't stop and dwell on it for too long. They sang a song and kept going. However, when they crossed the (much smaller) Jordan River into the land that was to be theirs, God asked them to make a memorial to remember what He had done there. This may same strange, but I think it was because they had "arrived". They were finally where God wanted them to be. The things He had done for them along the way were big and I'm sure that He didn't want them to forget the miracles and lessons, but they were still on the move. God had much more in store for them and needed them to keep going. 

Sometimes we get caught up in all the "big" things that God has done and we think we need to stop and reflect and make a "memorial". We almost look at it as a time to rest from where we're going and what we're doing when in reality, God wants us to keep moving. If we're following Him, it makes sense that He's going to be doing things all along the way. That's one of the ways we know that we're going in the right direction. But sometimes we just need to "sing a song" and keep walking. Thank Him for what He's done, how He's provided and remember when you come to your next challenge, He's still going to be there and "He's got this one".