!! Possess the Land !!

I was at an amazing conference this weekend, and Susie Larson was talking about possessing the land that we have given over to enemy of our souls, or possessing the land we have been too afraid to possess...all of which is done by standing on the promises of God in Christ Jesus. That was a powerful word to me. Life changing, really.

Then i was reading the introduction to a book by Dr. David Jeremiah called Slaying the Giants in Your Life and you will never believe what it was all about? Possessing the land, and removing the giants. Entering the land that God in Christ has for us!

This morning i was reading Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Cowman, and it was an entry for February 25th...here is what it said:

"Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you." Joshua 1:3

Beside the literal ground, unoccupied for Christ, there is the unclaimed, untrodden territory of Divine promises. What did God say to Joshua? "Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you," and then He draws the outlines of hte Land of Promise--all theirs on one condition: that they shall march through the length and breadth of it, and measure it off with your own feet.

They never did that to more than one-third of the property, and consequently they never had more than one-third ; they had just what they measured off, and no more.

In 2 Peter, we read of the "land of promise" that is opened up to us, and it is God's will that we should, as it were, measure off that territory by the feet of obedient faith and believing obedience, thus claimiing and appropriating it for our own.

How many of us have ever taken possession of the promises of God in the name of Christ?

Here is a magnificent territory for faith to lay hold on and march through the length and breadth of, and faith has never done it yet.

Let us enter into all our inheritance. Let us lift up our eyes to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west, and hear Him say, "All the land that thou seest will I give to thee."  --A. T. Pierson

Coincidence? i think not! The past months have been a process of being crushed and coming undone. A good undone...the kind that leads to complete healing of all the brokenness in my life. When i heard the talk about possessing the land, it reached to the depths of my soul, as i realized how much ground i had willingly given over to the enemy of my soul. The Lord wanted to make sure i REALLY got it, so when i came home from the conference, He confirmed His word, with His word, through those two books! We serve a TRULY AWESOME God, that is in the business of healing broken lives.

So.....
We are to claim the land which He has given us!! Fear is under our feet, and we have all the promises of God in Christ Jesus to claim!!

Go!!

POSSESS THE LAND !!