"See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land
which the LORD swore to your fathers — to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — to give
to them and their descendants after them.' Deuteronomy 1:8
God's dealings with Israel in the Bible had a lot to do with the land He
promised them. He first promised the land to Abraham and then confirmed that
promise to Isaac and Jacob.
Next, He chose Moses to lead them out of slavery to possess this land
that had been promised to them many hundreds of years earlier.
The challenge to this promises however, was that the land was not
unoccupied land which Israel could take over but an inhabited land they could
only possess through faith and conquest.
When Israel realized what it would take for them to claim the land which
was promised to their fathers, they became disillusioned. God told them two
things:
• 'I have set the land before you'. That simply meant that what they
wanted was available. It was a reality they could verify for themselves. What
is required at this stage is for us to see the promise and believe in its
reality.
• 'Go in and possess the land'. What is available does not become ours
until we possess it. For Israel, possessing their promised land demanded more
than faith. It demanded faith with action.
Israel spent forty years in the wilderness trying to avoid what they had
to do to possess their promised land.
Today, a lot of us also waste precious years in avoiding the bold
decisions and actions we must take in order to realize our promise.
Prayer: I thank You God, for what You have made available to me and
boldly possess it all in Jesus' name.
Scriptural Reading: Deuteronomy 1:8
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