Joshua 13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto
him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much
land to be possessed. .. vs 6 All the inhabitants of the hill
country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I
drive out from before the children of Israel:.
God has more in store
for you and me; though a times there could be some challenges, If you will
remain obedient to God and believe that He is a Faithful Promise Keeper, you
will inherit whatever He has promised. There is still more “Land” to be
possessed. Whatever the challenge, “God will drive them out before you.”
Through the story of
Caleb, Joshua and the other ten spies, I’ve come to realize that there are
three levels of living namely, See it, Say it & Seize it.
The See
it level is
Faith's opportunity.
We can al b looking
from the same spot & not see the same thing.
When Moses send out
twelve spies to explore the land, (Num
13) ..Caleb and Joshua brought back a good report of the land
but, because the other 10 spies brought back a bad report, the people did not
want to enter the promised land. As a result, the Israelites stayed another 37
years in the desert before entering the Promised Land.
The twelve spies were
all looking from the same spot, but they all saw different things. Num
13:6 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole
Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to
them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.27They
gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and
it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28But the people who
live there are powerful and the cities are fortified and very large. We even
saw descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev;
the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the
Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."
30 Then Caleb
silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take
possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."
31 But the men who
had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are
stronger than we are.
The Say it level is the Faith's world. This is where you verbally commit yourself
to what has gripped your vision; Caleb saw a land flowing with milk and honey.
He saw it, believed it and he confessed the possibility of taking possession of
the land
The Seize it level-this is where faith
becomes Action, it’s mo than verbiage and more than vision. It's the
Action stage.
Forty five years later,
in Joshua 14: 6 “Then the children of Judah came unto
Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb.. said unto Joshua, Thou knowest the thing that the
Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea. 7 Forty
years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to
spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up
with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my
God...
10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these
forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this Word.. And now, lo, I am
this day fourscore and five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as I
was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength
now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.12 Now therefore give me this mountain,whereof
the Lord spake in that day; .. if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall
be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto
Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
Don't expect a whole
crowd of people to gather around you, waving banners and patting you on the
back sometime you've to step out alone just like Caleb and Joshua did! They had
a different spirit.
Do you want to take
possession of the vast land yet to be possessed? You got to have a different
spirit. Be obedient to God. Have Faith in the Promise Keeper. Don’t let any
Physical, Emotional, Spiritual or whatever kind of obstacle hinder you from
your destiny.
With love
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