There are people who have been sitting on, standing on, occupying positions that belong to the children of God. The Israelites had to drive out the Amalekites to take possession of the promised land.
The Amalekites were the nation that encamped near Canaan and brought the first challenge against Israel as they neared the promised land. Exodus 17:8-16.
And the Israelites defeated the Amalekites and continued their journey into promise. When Moses shared with his father-in-law the victory he had over the Amalekites and how God has delivered them from Egypt, his father-in-law said. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them.” Exodus 18:11
God had an inheritance for the children of Israel that had been entrusted by God to Abraham for his descendants. After the Israelites were freed from slavery, Moses led them towards the promised land until he died and Joshua took over leading the people. The people mourned for several days after Moses died and then God commands Joshua to move forward with the people to take possession of the land which he had promised them.
“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.” Joshua 1:2
God also reminded Joshua what he had promised 40 years earlier when he and Caleb brought back a good report after spying out the land. “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.” Joshua 1:3
God is not slack concerning his promises and there are things that God has promised us that he needs us to go forward and take possession of. Hold fast to your faith, use the word to decree what shall be established and fight for that territory on your knees. What God has said will come to pass so do not settle for less than what God has promised.
A.P.-Y.
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