3   And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.   4   Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. ~ JOSHUA 3:3-4

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The Ark of the Covenant was in the midst of the Jordan until the people were passed over. It had led them into a new land. They may have thought they knew the way, but they were still commanded to follow the Ark because “ye have not passed this way heretofore.” I think the parallel to our day is obvious. We may think we know where we are going but are stepping into the land that redemption has secured for us, and since we have never been this way before we are told to watch the Word only. Don’t get distracted by the world events or even the religious world around us. Keep your eye ONLY on the Word and trust in who you are in Christ.