What’s on your wish list this year? Can you buy it in a store? Is it merry and bright? Or is it something more? We find ourselves often waiting and wishing for the next big thing. The prophet Isaiah long ago foretold that to us a child is born, to us a son is given. [...]

Waiti…everybody hates it. Whether it’s traffic on the beltway, a long line at the grocery store, or the fulfillment of a promise, waiting feels like life has been put on hold. It keeps us from getting to the next big thing. But waiting is a part of God’s design. God can do amazing things while we wait.

The book of Joshua begins with the people of Israel gathered on the banks of the Jordan River, preparing to enter into the land that God promised long ago to Abraham and his descendants. Joshua has been here before–forty years earlier. He knows what life at the river’s edge is like and how frightening it can be to some people.