Possess the Land
"So Joshua said to the Israelites, 'How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?" Josh. 18:3
The Israelites stood in the promised land. They had crossed the Jordan, entered Canaan, and fought some battles. Yet we find Joshua reprimanding the people for failure to take possession of the land they had been given. Some of the tribes of Israel had already taken possession of the land; other tribes however, had not. What can we learn from this?
Jesus has given us a spiritual promised land. He had provided for us peace, joy, hope, self control, kindness, gentleness, and goodness, to name just a few. We are required to take possession of these. Much like the Israelites who were standing in the land but did not yet possess it, many followers of Jesus are standing in the midst of every spiritual blessing, but have not yet laid claim to them and taken possession of them. Today - peace can be ours, if we take possession of it. Hope and joy can be ours, because Jesus has already made it available to His followers. We simply have to engage in the act of claiming that which is ours!
If Jesus is asking us how long we will wait before we begin possessing what we has given us, may our answer be that we wait no more, but begin to take hold of the provisions this very day.
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