Fulfilling Your Destiny

Journey Into The Promised Land

Deuteronomy 9:1–5 (CSB)

WARNING AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

“Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and drive out nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens. The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them and you have heard it said about them, ‘Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?’ But understand that today the Lord your God will cross over ahead of you as a consuming fire; he will devastate and subdue them before you. You will drive them out and destroy them swiftly, as the Lord has told you. When the Lord your God drives them out before you, do not say to yourself, ‘The Lord brought me in to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.’ Instead, the Lord will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness. You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfill the promise he swore to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

The Great Transition

The woman with the issue of blood heard a message, but so did a lot of other people who were present that day. They heard, but went away in the same spiritual and physical condition as they had come. What was the difference?

This woman grasped onto what she heard. She fastened to it as her source of strength. It was more than a philosophy to her; it became life itself, apart from which she would die. She heard the message and believed it — but this still was not enough.

The woman thought to herself, “If I can just touch His clothing, I will be healed.” And sure enough, as soon as she had touched Him, the bleeding stopped and she knew she was healed! We could call this “the great transition” because she left the area of concept or theory and made her move. She acted on what she believed. The woman not only said, “If I can touch His garment,” she made the supreme effort to reach her goal and receive what she sought. Faith is a fact, but faith is also an act. Jesus said, “My words are spirit and they are life.” The Word within you must produce life. It must produce action.

One of the most central themes of the entire Bible, beginning with the first chapter of Genesis through the last chapter of Revelation, is the fact that when God speaks it must be a fulfillment. In the beginning of time when God spoke, the worlds came into being. They had no choice. Because of the Power of the Word, they could not hold back.

The centurion who came to Jesus to seek healing for his servant had this revelation, for he said, “Speak the word only and my servant shall be healed.” In that soldier’s mind the possibility of failure did not exist. He knew that if he could just get the Son of God to just speak, it was already done.

Moses told the children of Israel:

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land. but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Deuteronomy 9:5)

Here we see the extreme necessity for God to perform that which He had spoken. In this instance, His performance does not depend on the righteousness of Israel or any of their accomplishments. It depended on His promise!

This is a roadblock for many people, for they feel consciously or even subconsciously that through their own merit they will receive deliverance from God. It has nothing to do with their goodness!

God has already spoken the Word of deliverance. He has spoken the Word of healing. It is not dependent upon you; it is dependent upon Jesus Christ and the work He accomplished at the cross of Calvary.

Make this declaration:

God has already spoken the Word of deliverance in my behalf. He has spoken the Word of healing. It is not dependent upon me; it is dependent upon Jesus Christ and the work He accomplished at the cross of Calvary.

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

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