Joshua 18:3 (NKJV) 3 Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?
Go and possess the land.
What does that mean, exactly, to possess the land?
Possess: 1. to have or hold. 2. to seize and take control of. 3. to enter into and control firmly
To possess something implies and requires action on the part of the possessor.
Somehow, over the last several decades, or maybe even longer, the church has fallen into believing that God owes us something.
We have bought the terrible lie that says all we have to do is ask, and God will magically drop abundance into our laps.
We pray and ask God for breakthroughs but most of us have no idea what is required of us to have that breakthrough. So we just expect it to “fall from the sky”, and no work or effort will be required of us.
God took the Israelites out of Egypt and promised them a new land. He provided a way out of slavery, led them across the Red Sea and provided for their every need, guiding and directing them right up to the border of that promised land.
But then He told them to “go in and posses the land”. Go take it. Conquer the people there and make it your own. Work for it. I’ve led you here and carried you up until now. But now it’s your turn to labor!
So where are we at today? Are we standing at the edge of our promised land? Has God led us through the wilderness and now we’re just sitting down, praying for a breakthrough and waiting for it to fall into our laps?
No more, people of God! It’s time for us to rise up and possess the land that God has set before each of us?
What is your promised land? What is the breakthrough that you’ve been praying for? Are we so used to God providing for our every need that we are failing to take action and finish what He started?
It’s a new week. It’s time to rise up and go in and posses the land that God has led us to.
Possess the land, people of God. Possess the land!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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