Upon my return from South Africa, I felt led to take the next 21 days to read, study and meditate on the book of Joshua. This book of the Bible is about conquest. The children of Israel had wandered for forty years in the wilderness and now it was the time for them to enter in and possess their promised possession. It is at this point that Joshua, their new leader urges them in Joshua 18:3,
"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?
Notice that from the above scripture, there is God's part and my part, your part to play in realizing your destiny. God had given them the land, but their's was to go in and possess it. God was not going to possess what He had given to them. It was their responsibility to go out and possess what God had given to them. What God can do no man can do they say, but I hasten to add that, what man can do, God won't do.
I have come to realize that many people are seating still, 'waiting upon the LORD' as they say, when God is actually waiting on them to go in and possess. What has God promised you? What has He been telling you lately? What opportunities are there before you? What are you waiting for? and How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land (whatever that land means to you) that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
It's time for us to arise and go out, go up, and take possession of that which God has promised us. Remember that opportunities don't come to those who wait, they are captured by those who dare to attack". God bless you and be with you as you possess your land.
"It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny." - Jean Nidetch
I have been one of the biggest Prayer warriors in the past. I have fasted, and prayed: Individually, corporately, in prayer breakfasts and all. To be honest...nothing tangible changed in my PHYSICAL circumstances.
ReplyDeleteThat condition can easily lead to disillusionment..and even to have serious 'beef' with God. It is only when I took ACTION that stuff started shifting around me. The action was with WHATEVER THING I HAD IN MY HAND...and you would be shocked that for me, it was to go out and Jog. That was sometime in June. Since that time, I have delivered a Keynote address to The Authors' Forum in Kampala, appeared on two leading TV Stations in Uganda, and been interviewed in one FM Station. Results follow action. Prayer and belief have their part...however, for the most part...God wants us to go possess our land. Great Post Passy...keep them coming.