Marching Into Your Divine Destiny

Journey Into The Promised Land

Deuteronomy 1:19–33 (CSB)

ISRAEL’S DISOBEDIENCE AT KADESH-BARNEA

19 “We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea, 20 I said to you: You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. 21 See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

22 “Then all of you approached me and said, ‘Let’s send men ahead of us, so that they may explore the land for us and bring us back a report about the route we should go up and the cities we will come to.’ 23 The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe. 24 They left and went up into the hill country and came to Eshcol Valley, scouting the land. 25 They took some of the fruit from the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us back a report: ‘The land the Lord our God is giving us is good.’

26 “But you were not willing to go up. You rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled in your tents and said, ‘The Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites in order to destroy us, because he hates us. 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart,, saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’

29 “So I said to you: Don’t be terrified or afraid of them! 30 The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you, just as you saw him do for you in Egypt. 31 And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place. 32 But in spite of this you did not trust the Lord your God, 33 who went before you on the journey to seek out a place for you to camp. He went in the fire by night and in the cloud by day to guide you on the road you were to travel.

You Are Well Able

There is a difference between receiving a promise of God and possessing it. Israel certainly found that out!

In order to see the fulfillment of God’s promises you must act upon them. You must move into a position where you can take possession. You must seize them by force! Jesus declared:

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. (Matthew 11:12)

Don’t be complacent. Don’t vacillate.

  • Don’t say, “If it’s God’s will, He’ll heal me.” We know the promise and provision of God for healing. You can either settle for the sickness or make up your mind that you will not settle for anything less than the fulfillment of God’s promise in your life.
  • Don’t say, “I might not be able to fulfill my vision.” Continuously declare that your God-given vision will become a reality.
  • Don’t say, “I hope my family will get saved.” Boldly declare, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).

When God brought Israel to the border of the Promised Land, only two young men — Joshua and Caleb — declared, “We are well able.” Their spiritual vision gave them the ability to focus on the promise God had made to Israel. They believed it and wanted to act upon it. But the majority of the people didn’t have spiritual vision, so they did not enter in and claim their Promised Land. Instead, they returned to the wilderness to wander for another 40 years.

Don’t wander in the wilderness for 40 years! Let God give you spiritual vision that will enable you to see beyond the circumstances of your impossibility:

Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. (Deuteronomy 1:21)

You are at the edge of your Promised Land. Activate your faith. Don’t fear. Don’t be discouraged. Focus your vision, don’t turn to the right or left. March forward in assurance to claim the promises of God. You are well able!

Make this declaration:

I am well able! I will march forward and claim all God has for me. I will not turn to the right or left!

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

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