Entering a New Land

How much fun is change? Mow much do you like to move? How easy is it for you to change locations, even vocations? When Joshua led the people of Israel across the Jordan into the Promised Land, they went through a change almost as great as when they left Egypt as slaves and began their 40 year walk through the wildeerness.
The altar decoration tells all sorts of stories of change; the staff propped in the jar, leaving shepherding for farming. The jar for water and holding the produce of vineyards and olive orchards. The fabric at the base of the jar that could be a rug for tent living or textiles woven in a more stable world of agriculture. Then there are the reeds from the river basin; reeds that had to be parted once again to go through the waters, that parted when the priests' feet touched the shoreline. And lastly is the gnarled ladder made of vine-like brances. Vines are the image of the new fertile land that God promised Israel through Joshua. But the key in the whole account is the command to "be strong and courageous."
What "river" is God calling you to cross? Where are you "leaving" old ways and heading out into new and unknown areas? Where is God calling you to "be strong and courageous?"