Ex 14 Beginning, Joshua 3 End. The Red Sea crossing in Exodus was God making a way by parting the water and then the Israelites taking their first step onto dry ground. This is favor. The Jordan River crossing in Joshua was the Israelites taking the first step of faith into the water with God parting the waters AFTER their first step. That is God partnering. Sometimes God doing first in our lives, "making a way" leads to having an attitude of entitlement, like the Israelites. If we wait and fail to take the first step of faith there is the danger of being kept from seeing God's provision with appreciation. Some walls only fall when we take the first step. Your first step is often small.