God placed evidence of his faithfulness in the middle of your dry seasons. The stones only show up when the tide is low — and that's on purpose.
Twelve Stones from the Jordan
When Joshua led Israel across the Jordan River, God did something unusual. He didn't just part the water and let them walk through. He stopped them in the middle — right in the riverbed — and told twelve men to pick up twelve stones. One from each tribe. Heavy ones. From the bottom of a river that had just been holding back floodwaters.
Then he told them to build a memorial on the other side.
"In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?' tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."— Joshua 4:6–7 (NIV)
Here's what strikes me about that: God built the commemoration into the miracle. Before the people had even processed what happened, before they were dry or settled or reflecting on it — he made them carry the evidence with them.
Because he knew what you and I know from experience: we forget. Fast.
The Enemy Just Needs You to Forget
We have a moment with God in the car on Tuesday and by Friday we're acting like he's never shown up for us. We pray through a crisis, he moves, and two weeks later we're panicking about the next thing with no memory of the last thing.
The enemy doesn't have to defeat you. He just has to make you forget. Because if you forget what God has already done, the current battle feels like your first one. And your first battle without context is terrifying.
Your Testimony Is a Weapon
Your testimony is not a past-tense story you tell at church. It is a present-tense weapon you use in warfare. When the enemy comes and says "God isn't going to show up this time" — you reach into that pile of stones and you say: "He showed up here. And here. And here. And here."
You're not starting from zero. You're building on a foundation of faithfulness that predates this moment.
So here's the practice: rescue your testimony from forgetfulness. Write it down. Speak it aloud. Tell it to your children. Rehearse the moments when God moved, because those moments are not museum pieces — they're weapons.
"They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony."— Revelation 12:11 (NIV)
Sit with this: What's one stone you've left in the riverbed? What testimony have you let yourself forget that God wants you to pick back up and carry?
Pray this today: Lord, forgive me for the faithfulness I've forgotten. Today I'm picking up the stones. I'm naming what you've done. You showed up then, and you'll show up now. My history with you is not a museum — it's my ammunition. Amen.