WALK THROUGH THE LAND, Pt 1, No. 524
WALK THROUGH THE LAND
Part 1
“Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it:
for I will give it unto thee”
(Genesis 13:17).
In the above Scripture God tells Abram to walk through the land that He promised to him and his descendants. When we first read a Scripture, we read it literally. This is speaking to literal person about an existing land—the land of Israel which God has given to His people as an everlasting possession.
God has also given us a land—a land of His glorious and precious Word. It is a land filled with His commandments, plans, purposes, and promises for us. 2 Peter 1:3 says: “Whereby large given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
God doesn’t want us to hang around the edges of this land, only reading our favorite passages. He wants us to walk right through it, the length and the breadth of it.
After the Israelites had conquered the land of Canaan, seven tribes had still not possessed their portions of the land. Joshua said to them in Joshua 18:3: “How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?”
I like the Knox translation: “What, still hanging back, when the land promised by the LORD God of your fathers waits for you to occupy it?” Hopefully this is not our testimony! Still hanging back when there is a whole land to be possessed? We can’t walk in the fullness of what God wants to give us unless we know His plans!
Joshua told the Israelites to pick out three men from each of the seven tribes who had not yet possessed their land. He then gave them the following instructions which are also instructions for us as we seek to possess the land God has given to us.
- ARISE (v. 4).
We can’t possess the land of God’s great purposes and promises by having good intentions. We must arise. We must make it happen—personally and as a family. Get something of God’s Word into your soul before you face the day.
When you open your iPhone in the morning, go to the Word first. Make it a habit to NEVER open anything else, not even a Notification, until you have read a portion of God’s living Word.
Think of what is waiting you.
“wonderful and marvelous things” (Psalm 119: 18 and 129).
“delightful things” (Psalm 2:2; 119:16, 24, 47, 70, 77, 92, 97, 143, 174; and Jeremiah 25:16).
“daily cleansing” (John 15:3 and Ephesians 5:26).
“daily counsel” (Psalm 119:24).
“daily comfort” (Psalm 119:50, 52, 76; and Romans 15:4).
“daily joy” (Psalm 119:14, 92, 162; and Jeremiah 15:16).
“daily peace” (Psalm 119:165).
“daily strength” (Psalm 119:28; 116, and 117).
“daily wisdom” (Psalm 19:7 and 119:98-100).
“daily sustenance (milk, meat, and bread)” (Job 23:12; Matthew 4:4; Hebrews 5:13, 14; and 1 Peter 2:2).
“light and understanding” (Psalm 19:8 and 119:104, 105, 130, 144, and 169).
“treasures worth more than gold and silver” (Psalm 12:6; 19:10; 119:72 and 127).
“words that are sweeter than honey” (Psalm 19:10 and 119:103).
“life-giving words” (Psalm 119:25, 50, 93, 107, 156; and John 6:63).
“truth instead of deception” (Psalm 119:43, 142, 160; John 17:17; and 2 Timothy 2:15).
“instruction in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16).
“exceeding great and precious promises” (2 Peter 1:3).
And even “reproof and correction” (2 Timothy 3:16). But we need this too, don’t we?
With all this wealth available for you each day, what are you waiting for? It’s time to ARISE and possess your land.
PRAYER:
“Thank You, dear Father, for Your living Word which You have written for me. Please open my eyes to behold wondrous things as I read it each day. Amen.”
AFFIRMATION:
I’m arising each day to walk through more of the land God has given me.