The Booster Rocket
After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said
to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: "Moses My servant is dead. Now
then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan
River into the land I am about to give to them-to the Israelites.
- (Joshua 1:1-2)
A rocket launch is truly an amazing phenomenon to me. Tons of
weight is stacked vertically to the sky with thousands of gallons
of fuel exploding in a matter of moments. Soon the rocket drops
its take-off boosters and uses additional boosters to move the
rocket to the next stage of the mission. The first engines have a
unique purpose...to get the rocket to the next stage.
Joshua was known for almost 40 years as "Joshua, servant of
Moses." God's preparation for him required years of selfless
service, training in the desert, and tests of faith. Those
preparation years were booster rockets designed to move Joshua
into each new stage of his development and his ultimate calling.
God allows each of us preparation times to lay a foundation that
He plans to build on. Some of those foundation times appear to be
laborious and meaningless, yet these varied experiences are what
God is using to frame your life for the message He plans to speak
through you. Without these foundational experiences, the Jordan
River can never be crossed and we cannot enter the Promised Land.
Embrace these times of seeming inactivity from God. They, too,
are a rocket booster to your next stage of your walk with God.
Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you
will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus
(Philippians 1:6).
After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said
to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: "Moses My servant is dead. Now
then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan
River into the land I am about to give to them-to the Israelites.
- (Joshua 1:1-2)
A rocket launch is truly an amazing phenomenon to me. Tons of
weight is stacked vertically to the sky with thousands of gallons
of fuel exploding in a matter of moments. Soon the rocket drops
its take-off boosters and uses additional boosters to move the
rocket to the next stage of the mission. The first engines have a
unique purpose...to get the rocket to the next stage.
Joshua was known for almost 40 years as "Joshua, servant of
Moses." God's preparation for him required years of selfless
service, training in the desert, and tests of faith. Those
preparation years were booster rockets designed to move Joshua
into each new stage of his development and his ultimate calling.
God allows each of us preparation times to lay a foundation that
He plans to build on. Some of those foundation times appear to be
laborious and meaningless, yet these varied experiences are what
God is using to frame your life for the message He plans to speak
through you. Without these foundational experiences, the Jordan
River can never be crossed and we cannot enter the Promised Land.
Embrace these times of seeming inactivity from God. They, too,
are a rocket booster to your next stage of your walk with God.
Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you
will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus
(Philippians 1:6).
