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In the Bible, Israel knew God had promised the land, but they did not enter it until they crossed the Jordan (Book of Joshua 3–4).
Crossing meant:

• Leaving the safety of the familiar wilderness
• Facing danger, uncertainty, and obedience
• Acting before seeing the outcome

👉 Paying the price means moving beyond belief into costly obedience.

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2. Obedience Before the Miracle

The river did not part until the priests stepped in while it was at flood stage (Joshua 3:15–16).
This shows a key principle:

The price is paid before the breakthrough appears.

Faith required risk, humility, and trust without guarantees—just like many real-life sacrifices.

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3. Death to the Old, Entry into the New

Symbolically, the Jordan represents:

• Death to old patterns (fear, wandering, compromise)
• Commitment to a new identity and responsibility

Just as Moses could not cross (Moses), leadership and maturity required a new level of surrender under Joshua.

👉 Paying the price often means letting go of what once sustained you but now limits you.

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4. No Shortcuts to Inheritance

The wilderness was sustained by miracles (manna), but the land required:

• Work
• Battles
• Stewardship

Crossing the Jordan meant accepting effort, discipline, and responsibility.

What is free in promise is costly in possession.

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5. Personal Application

In everyday life, “crossing the Jordan” looks like:

• Choosing integrity over convenience
• Obedience over comfort
• Discipline over delay
• Commitment over excuses

The Jordan is the line where intention becomes action.

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Obedience is central to following Christ, but it often conflicts with our comfort, pride, and personal desires. Let’s explore this honestly and spiritually.

1. Because Obedience Challenges the Flesh

Obedience in discipleship often asks us to surrender what we want for what God wants — and that’s not easy.
Ministry isn’t just about doing things for God; it’s about doing them His way.
Sometimes His way is slower, quieter, or costlier than ours.

“For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.”
— John 6:38

Even Jesus had to wrestle with obedience in Gethsemane when He prayed,

“Not my will, but Yours be done.” (Luke 22:42)

That prayer shows the honest tension of obedience — the willingness to follow even when the path hurts.

2. Because Ministry Can Blur Motives

In ministry, obedience gets tested in subtle ways.
It’s easy to serve for approval, results, or recognition rather than pure devotion.

God sometimes calls us to obey in hiddenness — to serve quietly, forgive quickly, or stay faithful when no one notices.
That’s difficult because obedience then feels thankless.

But Jesus reminds us:

“Your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
— Matthew 6:4

True obedience in ministry is done for the audience of One.

3. Because Obedience Requires Trust

Discipleship is not about understanding everything — it’s about trusting even when we don’t.
Obedience often feels like stepping into the dark, holding only God’s promise as your light.

“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out… not knowing where he was going.”
— Hebrews 11:8

Many ministry decisions are like that — God gives direction without full explanation.
Trusting His timing, His provision, and His wisdom is one of the hardest tests of obedience.

4. Because Obedience Often Involves Dying to Self

Jesus said:

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
— Luke 9:23

That “cross” isn’t just suffering; it’s surrender.
In ministry, it means letting go of ego, personal ambition, and control.
It’s easier to lead than to listen — yet obedience calls us to listen first, even when it means yielding our own plans.

5. Because Obedience Can Lead to Lonely Paths

Sometimes, obedience isolates you.
Not everyone will understand the direction God gives you.
Even fellow believers might question your choices or timing.

Like Noah building the ark, or Jeremiah preaching unpopular truth, obeying God can make you look foolish to others — yet it keeps you aligned with heaven.

6. Yet Obedience Bears the Deepest Fruit

Though difficult, obedience is where the deepest fruit of ministry grows.
It’s through obedience that we experience God’s faithfulness, His power, and His peace.
Every breakthrough in Scripture — from Abraham to Paul — came after obedience.

“Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.”
— Psalm 128:1

Final Thought

Obedience in ministry and discipleship isn’t easy — it’s costly. But it’s also the pathway to intimacy with God.
When you obey, you don’t just serve Him — you know Him.

“Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me… and I will love them and show myself to them.”
— John 14:21

THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD AND GOD

Though it may seem like the world is here to stay and it has been for ages like we are informed in different scientific and theoretical studies, the biblical perspective presents a different reality. The very first chapter of the book of Genesis which is the first book of the bible tells us how the world began.

Gen; 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. Now the Earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters”

It is the description of creation and the participation of Gods spirit at work; the spirit of God was awaiting in the silence until God spoke, hovering over the waters and when he did, the spirit brought whatever was spoken into spiritual existence.

Basically, chapter one is the presentation of creation in the spirit; God brought the existence of creation in the spirit when he spoke, everything happened first in the spirit before it crystallized into the physical existence. He spoke and it came to pass.

Hence; Day and night, Earth and sea, Sun, Moon and stars, animals and creatures, Human beings existed first in the spirit before coming into physical reality.

. The bible so explains the creation of man in a special way as Gods presentation that was supposed to be likely equivalent to Heavenly kindness (Human kindness that equates Heavenly kindness).          Gen 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Genesis chapter two describes the presentation of creation into physical reality, the reality that had been in the spirit is brought into physical existence.

Here is where man was formed out of soil, then animals were formed after him and every other thing in nature was brought to be guided by him.

THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD AND GOD

John1:1-3 “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

The beginning of God and the word and he himself being the word speculates to Jesus Christ, who is not mentioned in Genesis, but he is there in since the beginning of creation before he came to this world.

Some may say “we don’t see Christ being involved in creation, if he was there since the beginning then where was he? Or what had he been doing?   

But the verse 3 of the first chapter of the gospel according to John explains it all when it says “through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.it was the word of God (Christ) that executed the will of God.

The spirit of God awaits in a silence for the word of God, just like Christ himself refers to it…… the helper.

So, God’s obligation is to send the word, the word’s obligation is to execute what it’s sent to do and the holy spirits part is to help the execution.

By the help of the holy spirit ‘the word became flesh’ acquiring a human form and named Jesus Christ or Emmanuel (God among us).

Now even before creation started, the word was there in the beginning and it was with God.

Some may think the word (Christ) was sent to the world to save it, a long time after the world was created and so his existence came after the existence of the world. Verse 10 of the gospel according to John says “He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognise him” so simply to say the word was the maker of the world.

Now God himself had been with the word he understands the word better and so does the word. The power that works in God it’s the same power that operates within the word, so the word was God and it is still the same today.

When God operates as the father, the word of God operates as the son and the spirit

Is it wise to start over?

When you think you just hit the bottom, seem like a failure, nothing works out anymore, all the unpleasant things you could say about you and there isn’t light ahead the path you follow. Worrying and anxious about the future you can’t help, wishing things would change and be better and asking yourself when is it going to come? are there good things still stored up for me to keep waiting? You are just sure that it could be an end for you or amidst confusion of knowing nothing either.

Maybe there is hope to new things, to leaving all things behind and just believing to fresh starts.

The idea of starting over again is frightening and scary because it can sometimes mean leave certain paths we have taken, sacrificed for and the time and efforts we have put into whatsoever we are sticking to. But the book of Job gives us a different perspective.

Job 8:7 Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

Now let’s explore the biblical evidence of new beginnings and why God used Fresh starts with his servants.

Genesis12;1 The Lord had said to Abram, "Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you.

Now we see Abram leaving his past following the voice of God and we all know that he is a father of faith because he followed God when he hadn’t known about him completely not even from past teachings like we read the bible today.

Abram’s decision to move from the place he knew, people he loved and cared alongside the familiarity he was so used to a place he trusted to, gave him a new beginning. Despite the fact that God had promised him all sorts of good things, still Abraham could have decided to reject this call and decide to stick to his old ways.

Abraham got a new beginning out and away from the community he was familiar to but was it necessary for God to wait until he moved to a fresh start?

There is something about fresh starts that makes it easier to start rewiring one’s mindset into new perspectives, beliefs and the new reality lenses through which we view life, for the case of Abraham he went on to starting afresh this time not with gods of his fathers but with God almighty and he went on to have a new lifestyle and OfCourse as the founder of a new belief on Earth.

Leaving a place, circumstances, situationships or a community to get a fresh start is a move fueled by faith despite the fear of unknown and doubts that stirs within.

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JACOB’S NEW BEGINNING.

Just like his great grandfather Abraham, we are not informed if Jacob had ever left or lived a life outside his household.

Gen28;5 Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean.......

He moved from his household running away from his brother’s vengeance.

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Despite the fact that Jacob was running away from his brother’s fury and anger, it had given him a new beginning to the place he went to. Even though the new place was his uncle’s place still there is something more that came to Jacob’s life, Love.

There haven’t been anyone else in the bible who worked hard for love as Jacob did for Rachel, fourteen years of hard work to get someone he loved to be his wife.