Fulfilling Your Destiny

In Numbers 13-14 when Israel came to the border of Canaan but refused to enter in because of unbelief, two men emerged as powerful spiritual warriors. One was Joshua, the man who was destined to succeed Moses as the leader of God’s people, Israel. The other was a young man named Caleb.

When the other ten spies discouraged Israel from entering into Canaan because of the powerful enemy forces that lived there, Joshua and Caleb tried to encourage the people:

Numbers 14:7–9 (CSB)
7 and said to the entire Israelite community, “The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land. 8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and give it to us. 9 Only don’t rebel against the LORD, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection has been removed from them, and the LORD is with us. Don’t be afraid of them!”

As we have learned, their advice was to no avail. Israel turned back into the wilderness where they wandered for forty years until God raised up a new generation that would obey Him and enter in to claim their inheritance. Only Joshua and Caleb were preserved by God and allowed to enter the Promised Land.

Through all the years of wilderness wandering, Caleb never forgot what he had seen in Canaan. He remembered the beauty of the land and its bountiful fruit. He especially remembered one beautiful, fortified mountain area. For forty years, Caleb carried the vision of God’s Promised Land within his spirit. Now, as Israel was finally laying claim to all God had promised, Caleb came to Joshua with a special request:

Joshua 14:10–12 (CSB)
10 “As you see, the LORD has kept me alive these forty-five years as he promised, since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel was journeying in the wilderness. Here I am today, eighty-five years old. 11 I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. My strength for battle and for daily tasks is now as it was then. 12 Now give me this hill country the LORD promised me on that day, because you heard then that the Anakim are there, as well as large fortified cities. Perhaps the LORD will be with me and I will drive them out as the LORD promised.”

Ove 80 years old – years of wilderness wandering – but Caleb had never lost sight of his God-given destiny.

God has special plans and purposes for you, just as He did for Caleb. He wants to work in you and through you. This month our devotions focus on rising up to fulfill your God-given destiny just as Caleb did. The readings are drawn from two of the most powerful messages God ever gave me such as Making Possible Your Impossibilities and How To Take The Limits Off God.

As we continue our spiritual journey this month we will meet the woman with the issue of blood, a man named Jacob, and other biblical characters whose lives illustrate that God’s power is greater than your biggest mountain. You will be inspired and encouraged. Most importantly, you will be challenged to rise up and fulfill your God-given destiny. . .

  • No matter what your age.
  • Despite the obstacles that stand in the way.
  • Regardless of how big your mountain is.

If you are ready to start climbing, then make this opening declaration with me, out loud, right now: Now therefore give me this mountain!

Journey Into The Promised Land

Joshua 10:1–25 (CSB)

THE DAY THE SUN STOOD STILL

10 Now King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and completely destroyed it, treating Ai and its king as he had Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them. 2 So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors. 3 Therefore King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent word to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon, saying, 4 “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.” 5 So the five Amorite kings—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces, advanced with all their armies, besieged Gibeon, and fought against it.

6 Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Don’t give up on your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, for all the Amorite kings living in the hill country have joined forces against us.” 7 So Joshua and all his troops, including all his best soldiers, came from Gilgal.

8 The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have handed them over to you. Not one of them will be able to stand against you.”

9 So Joshua caught them by surprise, after marching all night from Gilgal. 10 The Lord threw them into confusion before Israel. He defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them through the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah. 11 As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.

12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,

and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

13 And the sun stood still

and the moon stopped

until the nation took vengeance on its enemies.

Isn’t this written in the Book of Jashar?

So the sun stopped

in the middle of the sky

and delayed its setting

almost a full day.

14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to a man, because the Lord fought for Israel. 15 Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.

EXECUTION OF THE FIVE KINGS

16 Now the five defeated kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah. 17 It was reported to Joshua, “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

18 Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and station men by it to guard the kings. 19 But as for the rest of you, don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Don’t let them enter their cities, for the Lord your God has handed them over to you.” 20 So Joshua and the Israelites finished inflicting a terrible slaughter on them until they were destroyed, although a few survivors ran away to the fortified cities. 21 The people returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. And no one dared to threaten the Israelites.

22 Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings to me out of there.” 23 That is what they did. They brought the five kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon to Joshua out of the cave. 24 When they had brought the kings to him, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the military commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks. 25 Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord will do this to all the enemies you fight.”

Making Possible Your Impossibilities

A certain woman had an issue of blood for twelve years. She had gone to many physicians, but none had been able to help her. If the medical profession were on the scene 2,000 years ago, with all the medical knowledge they have today, they probably would have diagnosed this woman’s case as an incurable cancer — an issue of blood.

Pressing through the crowd to Jesus, she touched His garment and said, “If I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole.” Immediately, she felt in her body she was healed.

There are some people who say you should not trust your feelings, but this woman felt in her body that she was healed. She did not have a chance to get an examination by a doctor, but she knew she was healed.

If this miracle had taken place in our day, in all probability someone would have taken the garment and placed it in a glass case in some cathedral to be a memorial or shrine. Others might go to a greater extreme and cut it up into prayer cloths and send them out through the mail.

This dear woman pressed through and touched the hem of Jesus’ garment. Then Jesus, knowing the frailty and weakness of man, immediately called this woman to His side and said: “Thy faith hath made thee whole.”

This was the message: “There is no virtue in My garment which you touched. It is nothing more than a piece of cloth.”

There is no mysticism, no magic — Jesus simply looked at this woman and said, “Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole!” He was explaining to her that it was not some ritual she went through by pressing through the crowd and grabbing hold of His garment. That had nothing to do with it.

The garment had nothing to do with it. But her faith had a lot to do with it! The greatest power in the world is power of faith in God. It is a power that will enable you to claim all God has promised. It is a power that will give you victory over the Jerichos of life and take you on, like aged Caleb, to conquer your mountain and achieve your destiny.

During the next few days I want to share three things that happened in this woman’s life to make possible her impossibilities.

If you apply these three things to your circumstances, you, too, will find your impossibilities becoming possible.

Remember…all things are possible to those who believe!

Make this declaration:

God is in the process of making all my impossibilities possible.

*Adapted from MCWE email – Journey Into The Promised Land by Morris Cerullo

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