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FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN

“Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before.” Joshua 3:4a (NIV) Do you have a fear of the unknown?I know i do.If so, then you know how nerve-racking it can be. Fearing the unknown can cause us to live on pins and needles as we spend precious energy anticipating the worst-case scenario. There are two problems with this type of fear: 1. The future is not here. 2. The future is not ours. While the future may be out of our hands, it’s not out of the hands of an adequate and trustworthy God. When we face a worrisome unknown situation, we can look to Joshua as an example. It’s recorded in the first chapter of Joshua that before Moses died, God passed the baton of leadership to Joshua. The Israelites had been wandering in the desert for 40 years under the guidance of Moses. Now, their journey was almost over. Just beyond the Jordan River was their promised land—the land that God had guaranteed to Abraham and his descendants. Upon reaching the Jordan Riv...