Most of us will agree with the familiar adage, "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." We all need a place where we can go to be secure, wanted, and loved.

When God promised to deliver the Israelites from their bondage in Egypt, he also promised them a new homeland - a plot of ground that they could call their own - a land - a good fair land flowing with milk and honey.

After the miracle of their deliverance from Egypt, God's chosen people wandered in the wilderness for forty years. Finally, weary and travel-worn, they arrived at the river Jordan. The Promised Land was in their sight, but a raging river prevented them from entering. Once more God intervened. As he rolled back the waters of the Red Sea for their escape from Egypt, he now rolled back the turbulent waters of the riv…