1 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,200 We welcome you to the Via Zion Sermon podcast. 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,920 We are a church based out of Chennai, India. 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,160 We are thrilled that you're tuned in today and hope that you 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,680 will be refreshed, revived, and energized by what you hear. 5 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,800 Our desire is that you will live life with a renewed sense of 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,200 purpose that stems from a vibrant faith in Jesus. 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,640 The year 2025 is 1 where we will be positioned by God to possess 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,560 our promise. We are believing that God is 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,680 bringing us into our place of promise. 10 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,840 It is now time to take the land and to do so we need to get our 11 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,720 spiritual posture in place and stop looking back so that we can 12 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,240 face forward with courage and faith. 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,240 Let's get going and possess our promise. 14 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,080 Amen. We are taking the land. 15 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,520 This whole year, 2025 was being positioned to possess the 16 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,120 promise. That was what our team was. 17 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,360 And we believe that as we've completed the month of 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,440 September, we're entering the month of October. 19 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,680 We are entering it strong, knowing that God has now 20 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,960 positioned us and now it is time to take the land. 21 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,360 And I believe that God is calling us into this place. 22 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,240 Of really, you know, claiming that which is ours in the 23 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:21,720 Kingdom. Many times when we look at 24 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,600 claiming, we look at land and we look at the things that 25 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,720 sometimes seem to really catch our fancy, which could be, you 26 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,360 know, claiming a property, claiming an inheritance, 27 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,240 something like that on a physical realm. 28 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,760 But I believe that, you know, on a spiritual realm, the things 29 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,840 that we have access to, the things that we that are meant to 30 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,360 be ours and sometimes just out of reach because the enemy is 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,360 probably sitting on it. Probably it got removed 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,880 generations before God wants to restore. 33 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,520 It could be peace in your marriage. 34 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,600 It could be restoration of joy that you lost over the past 35 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:52,920 years. Could be the health that you 36 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,840 lost because of an ailment, because of a set back. 37 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,200 It could be the. The sense of oneness you had 38 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:00,720 with your family that has been lost. 39 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,480 But I believe there's a season when God is going to recompense. 40 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,440 He's going to restore it, and that is what it looks like to 41 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,600 take the land. And we're going to be looking at 42 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,639 the book of Joshua. It's personally one of my 43 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,400 favorite books. I remember 7 years back when I 44 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,360 was going to walk into surgery, I was meditating on the book of 45 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,320 Joshua then. And little did I know, seven 46 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,280 years later, God would bring my attention back to this book. 47 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,520 And as Geshav and I have been studying this book, it has 48 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,840 brought back fresh insight into the plans of God. 49 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,120 You know, because all of us have been through wilderness seasons. 50 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,600 All of us have gone through those barren, fruitless seasons, 51 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,160 but still, things were happening. 52 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,960 Life was happening. We kept doing the things we had 53 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,600 to. But then God indicated that that 54 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,160 season is over and spring has come and you know, God is doing 55 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,680 a new thing. And as we look at the book of 56 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,000 Joshua, we're looking today at Joshua chapter 1, where, you 57 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,400 know, there's the season which has ended. 58 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,240 Moses has just died. And Moses before he died, gave 59 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,960 this long sermon which is recorded in the book of 60 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,360 Deuteronomy, where he blesses the people. 61 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,280 He reminds them of God's word. He reminds them of all that God 62 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,680 has done for them, reminds them of their trespasses, the times 63 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,520 they messed up and said, hey, listen, you're going to enter 64 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,800 the land now. This is what is expected of you. 65 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,920 And he prepared them for what laid ahead. 66 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:17,880 He told them about this land with which was flowing with milk 67 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,520 and honey. But he also said there's a 68 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,280 propensity for you to sin. There's a propensity for you to 69 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,760 wander off. So keep your eyes on God, love 70 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,800 him with all your heart. Serve Him alone. 71 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,320 He kept reiterating that. And then Moses is taken up by 72 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:32,000 God. You know he. 73 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,560 Goes up to this mountain, he dies, no one finds his body. 74 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,120 And then God meets with Joshua, God talks to him. 75 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,000 And then we're going to read the whole chapter, just about 18 76 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,680 verses, but I want us to read it to understand what this actually 77 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,440 is going to look like. What is taking the land look 78 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,320 like? Here was Joshua. 79 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,280 He had always been in the shadow of Moses. 80 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,240 Moses was one of the greatest leaders Israel had had up until 81 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,080 then. He was a prophet, He was a 82 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,160 leader, He was a judge, and he was also a military leader. 83 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:05,840 He led them into a couple of conquests. 84 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,920 And yet this season was going to look different. 85 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,920 Moses had died. They were on the cusp of the 86 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,480 Promised Land, this land that they had heard about for 40 87 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,360 years. An entire generation was wiped 88 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,480 out from entering the land and prevented because they were 89 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:20,680 unbelieving, because they were doubtful of God. 90 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:22,960 They had seen God's hand at the Red Sea. 91 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,880 They had. Seen God, God's hands in the 10 92 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,680 plagues, and yet they feared when they saw Kanan and its 93 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,200 giants and they backed off. And so 40 years of wandering to 94 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,120 their entire generation was wiped out. 95 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,920 And then a fresh generation rises up and Joshua is leading 96 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,160 them. Joshua's from the old guard, but 97 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,360 he's called into this leadership position and he's being told 98 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,560 what's coming up. And there's a repetitive verse 99 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,920 that God keeps that he keeps speaking over him, which is do 100 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,160 not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. 101 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,640 And the thing about this is the new season, many times when we 102 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,600 look at new, we think it's good and it's just it's, you know, 103 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,960 trouble free. But I want to encourage you to 104 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,080 remember this. A new season has new challenges. 105 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,240 It has new opportunities, yes, but he'll have new burdens. 106 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,080 It'll have new struggles, but it'll have a special grace. 107 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,880 It'll have a special anointing. And so I want to encourage you 108 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,080 that as we're talking about the season of possessing that which 109 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,360 is ours, of stepping into the promises that God has spoken 110 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,200 over us, you need to be prepared for fresh opposition. 111 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,840 You need to be prepared for certain giants because it's 112 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:32,920 going to be inevitable. But the beauty of what we're 113 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,560 going to be looking at today specifically is Joshua one where 114 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,880 he's saying there's this land which has been given to you, 115 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,720 meaning it was assigned to you for generations already. 116 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,640 When Abraham received the word, God was telling him, hey, you're 117 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,760 going to get this land. He even gave him a time when the 118 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,360 sin of the Amorites will reach such a level, when I will bring 119 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,800 my people, I will drive these guys out and your people occupy. 120 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,600 This was a land that was promised and yet it required 121 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,160 that they go in and take possession of it. 122 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,000 It just wouldn't come automatically to them. 123 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,440 It was not deeded to them and given over for eternity. 124 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,000 No, they had to fight for what was theirs. 125 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:13,080 And I want to remind you that some of you, you may be already 126 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:14,480 feeling like you're on the land of promise. 127 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,040 You have a cushy job. You have the money income that 128 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,120 you've longed for. You have the house, you have all 129 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,240 the the stuff in the house, which is great. 130 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,360 You're living your best life. But I want to ask you, have you 131 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,000 got complacent about the new frontiers that God is calling 132 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,560 you to? Some of you have been so 133 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,960 discouraged with the lack of anything happening, you found it 134 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,120 so unfruitful. The last few years that you're 135 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,040 saying God, I really don't believe this is the time. 136 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,440 I thought every year this was the time and didn't come. 137 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,680 But I want to encourage you that you would, you know, be 138 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,480 expectant for what God is going to do because this is the thing 139 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,360 in Jesus, Joshua and his people lived in the old covenant. 140 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,440 They are a good model for us to model how we take the land. 141 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,520 But here God is not calling us to wipe out a people group. 142 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,160 God is not calling us to put people under our feet. 143 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,040 He's calling us to fight the enemy and take back the the 144 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,160 inheritance of the enemies stole from us. 145 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,320 The enemy is not a person. The enemy is not a people group. 146 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:11,880 The enemy is not someone we don't like. 147 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:16,160 The enemy is the Devourer. He's the enemy of us, so he's 148 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,320 the accuser of the brethren. He is the one who's under our 149 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,640 feet and in our lives in. All our lives the enemy has 150 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,040 taken certain things and literally shown us that he's put 151 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,840 it under lock and chain. It could be your health, it 152 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,920 could be your prosperity, it could be that that one addiction 153 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:34,400 that you have been unable to beat. 154 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,960 It could be the generational curse you have inherited and you 155 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,360 don't know how to get rid of. But I want to encourage you. 156 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,240 This is a season when God is saying those things that the 157 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,920 enemy has marked off and said is his is actually yours. 158 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,120 You can ask back for it. God is saying I want to give you 159 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,880 abundance of soul. God is saying that it is for 160 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,680 Christ. It is for freedom that Christ 161 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,080 set you free. Freedom is yours. 162 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,760 He says you, I am your peace that has broken down every wall 163 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,200 you've been lacking. God is saying that is your 164 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,840 inheritance, don't give it up. Maybe you've been saying I don't 165 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,400 have joy. I don't laugh as much. 166 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,280 I don't, I don't relish every moment when God is calling you 167 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:12,280 back into a place of tremendous joy, tremendous joy. 168 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,560 You have felt like prayers have not been answered. 169 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,080 When God is saying, when you ask according to my will, everything 170 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,520 you ask for I will do according to my perfect will. 171 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:26,480 This is what our inheritance is. We have been making it so small 172 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,560 by saying, God, if you give me that house back, if you give me 173 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,480 that money, I lost back. Lord, if you. 174 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,840 Would only get me married Lord, if you only would give me 175 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,200 children. But God is saying no ask me, ask 176 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,000 me for the bigger things. Ask this huge prayer Lord, let 177 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,559 your will be done. Let heaven come down to earth. 178 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,200 Lord, give me the nations as my inheritance. 179 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,120 Lord, let the the nation's gates be opened. 180 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,200 Lord, I pray. That you will enlarge my 181 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,440 territories or that we would start praying those prayers that 182 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,000 delight God and put them into action on another level. 183 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,720 What is it that you and I have lost? 184 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,280 What is it that you and I have been craving for deep down? 185 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,000 That we maybe you've been craving, craving significance. 186 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,680 But you have significance in your identity in Christ. 187 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,400 And God wants you to get rid of that tract of land of orphanness 188 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,720 and says come in and occupy the the space of sonship. 189 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:23,840 You see what I'm saying? The inheritance is so big 190 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,960 because when you start living like a son over a slave, when 191 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,400 you start living like, like a child of God, the way you live 192 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:31,920 is different. The way you look is different, 193 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,280 the way you act is different. Everything changes. 194 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,720 For some of you, this land of promise could be God bringing 195 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,320 you into a family. God giving you a spouse could be 196 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:44,920 giving you God giving you children. 197 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,080 For some of you, God could be giving you a career that you 198 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,400 have felt called to. It may not pay you much, but God 199 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,920 is calling you into a new career. 200 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,280 For some of you, God is opening a space for you to serve the 201 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,800 Kingdom better. He could be giving you a Kingdom 202 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,280 idea for your business. For some of you, God is bringing 203 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,760 healing and restoration in your body because you've been 204 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,040 struggling with the sickness for a long time. 205 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,440 He's going to give you victory. He's going to give you 206 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,000 restoration of a mental health issue, whatever it is He is 207 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,320 taking you and maybe into a place of wholeness. 208 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,800 Where you will. Overcome addictions and walk in 209 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,520 freedom. For some of you, the promised 210 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,680 land could be God induced friendships, Kingdom friendships 211 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,280 that help you grow into the likeness of Christ. 212 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,640 It is going to be amazing. But The thing is this, it's our 213 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,320 time to possess. But are you in a posture of 214 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,160 possessing, or are you in a posture of complacency? 215 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:42,760 Are you in a posture of discouragement? 216 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,640 Are you saying I don't even read the word because I've waited for 217 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,840 so long? I have used to claim the word. 218 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,040 I used to pray the Scriptures, I used to meditate, but now 219 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:54,240 nothing's happened. So I'm deciding to rest. 220 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:58,520 Too many people have quit just before their miracle. 221 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,000 Too many people gave up just before the situation turned a 222 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,320 corner. Would you be one of those 223 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,120 people? Or will you push through till 224 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,880 you see the land on which you are meant to put your feet? 225 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,880 Imagine that you were just before it turned the corner and 226 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,600 the promised land was at the doorstep and you just gave up 227 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,600 then. What a tragedy, What a tragedy. 228 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,040 I think it's about time that we set about claiming. 229 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,960 What is rightfully ours? What promise did God give you? 230 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:33,240 Maybe it's a dream that you had 10 years back to start something 231 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,880 to pioneer something. This could be your time. 232 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,200 This could be your time. As we look into the book of 233 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,760 Joshua, Joshua chapter 1 reading from verse one on, I want you to 234 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,760 ask the Lord to stir up within you. 235 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,560 What it is he's calling you to possess? 236 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,840 Ask him, Lord, what is the old? What is the new? 237 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,120 Show me the partition here. In the story, the River Jordan 238 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,920 marked the boundary. As they crossed the Jordan, the 239 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,280 old was gone. The new had come. 240 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,840 They were in the Promised Land, but there's a preparation that 241 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,720 happened to Joshua before he stepped in, and that's what 242 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,600 we're going to be reading about. After the death of Moses, the 243 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,640 servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua, son of Nun, 244 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,720 Moses is aid. Moses, my servant is dead. 245 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,680 Now then you and all these people get ready to cross the 246 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:21,200 Jordan River into the land. I'm about to give them to their 247 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,840 Israelites. I will give you every place 248 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,280 where you set your foot. As I promised Moses. 249 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,320 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from 250 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:34,080 the great river, the Euphrates, all the Hittite country to the 251 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,920 Mediterranean Sea in the West. No one will be able to stand 252 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:40,640 against you all the days of your life. 253 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,360 As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 254 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,720 I will never leave you nor forsake you. 255 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,680 Be strong and courageous because you will lead these people to 256 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:53,040 inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them. 257 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,920 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law 258 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,520 my servant Moses gave you. Do not turn from it to the right 259 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,040 or the left, that you may be successful. 260 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,760 Wherever you go. Keep this book of the Law always 261 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,120 on your lips. Meditate on it day and night, so 262 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,720 that you may be careful to do everything written in it. 263 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,000 Then you will be prosperous and successful. 264 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,480 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous, do not 265 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,440 be afraid, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your 266 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,480 God will be with you wherever you go. 267 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,400 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people go through the 268 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,880 camp, tell the people, get your provisions ready. 3 days from 269 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,440 now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take 270 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,680 possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you for your 271 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:40,480 own. But to the. 272 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,400 Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. 273 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:46,760 Joshua said. Remember the command that Moses, 274 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,880 the servant of the Lord, gave you after he said the Lord your 275 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,680 God. God will give you rest by giving 276 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,240 you this land. Your wives, your children and 277 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,400 your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of 278 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,280 the Jordan, but all your fighting men? 279 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,720 Ready for battle must crossover ahead of your fellow Israelites. 280 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,640 You are to help them until the Lord gives them rest, as He has 281 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,160 done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the 282 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,520 land the Lord your God is giving them. 283 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:16,800 After that you may go back and occupy your own land, which 284 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,440 Moses assumed of the Lord gave you, east of the Jordan toward 285 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,440 the sunrise. Then they answered, Joshua. 286 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,040 Whatever you commanded us we will do, and wherever you send 287 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,400 us, we will go. Just as we fully obeyed Moses, 288 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,040 so we will obey you only. May the Lord your God be with 289 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,600 you as he was with Moses. Whoever rebels against your word 290 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,560 and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be 291 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,160 put to death. Only be strong and courageous. 292 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,080 I love this passage. Joshua 19 is something that has 293 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,120 just stayed with me all these years. 294 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,040 But wherever I go, whatever season I step into, it's like 295 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,160 God reminds me, Be strong and courageous. 296 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,120 I am with you. I will be with you wherever you 297 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,480 go. If someone is watching this 298 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,880 right now and you have been feeling so insecure, God, I'm 299 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,280 going to a new country, I'm moving to a new city. 300 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,760 I'm doing something totally out of my depth. 301 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,040 I want to encourage you, Joshua 19 is for you. 302 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,040 He is with you wherever you go, whatever you do, He is with you. 303 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,720 And you can be bold and courageous, right? 304 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:23,120 And when we look at this whole chapter, God speaking directly 305 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,480 to Joshua, possibly the way, you know, we when we sit with the 306 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,960 word, we hear God speak to us. And it's probably that. 307 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,080 But what I love at the end of the chapter is God confirms his 308 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,200 word to Joshua through the lips of leaders who are going to 309 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,560 surround him for the rest of his life. 310 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,280 These are people who have already got their land. 311 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,160 They've already got their inheritance. 312 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,960 And I want to speak specifically to those of you who feel like 313 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,280 you're already in the promised land, Praise God. 314 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,040 But would you still inconvenience yourself just 315 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,440 about a little so that you could pray with those who haven't yet 316 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,840 made it? Would you pray for those who are 317 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,120 waiting for that destiny moment? Will you pray for those who are 318 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,720 waiting for those things that God has promised them, rather 319 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,920 than being complacent in where you're at, happy with what 320 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,040 you've got? What if you were to say, Lord, I 321 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,400 want to stand with them? What if I will stand shoulder to 322 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,400 shoulder and contend with them for their medical, contend with 323 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,400 them for their breakthrough, contend with them for their 324 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,640 inheritance? What if we were to do that? 325 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,920 What if you and I could do that? Coming back to this entire 326 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:30,560 passage, there are three things that I want to leave with you in 327 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,920 order to actually take the land. There are three important things 328 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,520 you and I need to do. It's actually 3 verbs, almost 329 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,000 three things that we must do right. 330 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,320 A lot of times, like I said, at the end of a wilderness season, 331 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,960 we're sometimes so exhausted and weary. 332 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,000 Yeah, we're so, you know, just discouraged. 333 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,600 We're practically lying on this couch, and we're just like, God, 334 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,200 do whatever. I'm here for it. 335 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,840 But the posture must change for taking the land. 336 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:03,040 We cannot be in the posture we wear in the previous season like 337 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,520 we looked at the season of the harvest. 338 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,800 The harvest was when God did a mighty work in US more than 339 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,560 anything we were doing. It was us exposing ourselves to 340 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,160 Him and Him reaping the harvest in our lives. 341 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,800 Him taking what was sown in generations and and seasons 342 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,040 before and bringing the harvest. It was Him who was doing the 343 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,359 winnowing and the threshing. But now? 344 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,319 But now it's coming to a place where we need to do something to 345 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:29,880 take the land. And I want to encourage you 346 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,720 before we go any further that taking the land is God's work. 347 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,920 Actually giving back things to us that we lost over years or 348 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:42,680 generations is God's job. Even fighting those enemies and 349 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,680 pulling them down is God's job. But there is a part you when I 350 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:50,520 play in it and our posture matters how what we do in the in 351 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,920 the interim matters. And I believe that I'm just 352 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,560 going to leave it as ABC with you today so that it sticks in 353 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,800 your mind throughout the season. That comes because you are 354 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,880 called to take the land. But the first thing you need to 355 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,880 do is arise in the NKJV. It says this. 356 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,760 This is what God says. Moses, my servant is dead. 357 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,400 Now, Therefore, arise. Go over this, Jordan, you and 358 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,480 all this people to the land which I am giving them. 359 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,480 Arise. It's possible that Joshua was 360 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,640 discouraged, possible that Josh was afraid. 361 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,160 Think about it. Here's a guy who always LED 362 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,240 behind Moses. When Moses left the Tabernacle, 363 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:32,560 he lingered. He caught the glory cloud on 364 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,400 Moses. He he interacted with Moses. 365 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,760 He fought when Moses told him the battle strategy. 366 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,680 He fought in that valley of Gibeon and Moses heard and Aaron 367 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,600 stood on the top and they mediated for victory. 368 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,800 Joshua had seen Moses at very close quarters. 369 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,760 He had seen the leadership ability, and yet he saw the 370 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,200 apostasy of the people. He saw the disobedience and 371 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,720 rebellion of the people. And now Moses has died and 372 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,520 Joshua has to handle these people. 373 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,240 Can you imagine the magnitude of the task that was on? 374 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,040 It must have been so daunting. And he knew that the Promised 375 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,400 Land was just there. He knew it was his job. 376 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:11,080 But here was God reaffirming and say go, arise. 377 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,040 Get up. Go. 378 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,760 And I love this verse from Isaiah 60, which I believe is 379 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,080 very pertinent to the season where in Isaiah 60 verse one in 380 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,480 the amplified classic, it says arise from the depression and 381 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,080 prostration in which circumstances have kept you. 382 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,520 Rise to a new life, shine, be radiant with the glory of the 383 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:34,160 Lord, for your light has come. The glory of the Lord has risen 384 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,280 upon you. When we looked at the season of 385 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,160 the harvest, we looked at. How the glory of God is what is 386 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,800 the weight on us, So that in the winnowing, what keeps us going 387 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,320 is the glory of God which is in US and on us. 388 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,400 That is what is evident to people. 389 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,360 When people are observing you in a work situation, at home, in 390 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:55,520 your neighborhood, when they see you behave different, it's God's 391 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,520 glory which is shining through you, right? 392 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:03,000 And the beautiful thing is that God is calling you and me to 393 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,920 rise up. Whether we rise up or not is on 394 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,400 us. But the call on all of us is to 395 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,760 raise. Too many of us have been 396 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,600 slumbering when we need to stand on that watch post for our 397 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:17,600 families, for our marriages, for our churches and and pray and 398 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,040 stand in the gap. Too many of us have been 399 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,640 sleeping when we needed to stand at the end of it. 400 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,840 Then we say, Oh well, it's too bad my marriage ended. 401 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,960 Oh well, my child has gone astray. 402 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,080 What were you doing? Where you on that watchtower 403 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,520 calling out to God night and day? 404 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,680 Where you in a position of standing ready with your 405 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,120 weaponry, the armor in place, ready to take back what the 406 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,280 enemy stole today, No matter what kind of slumbering you've 407 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,280 done. Maybe you've been slumbering out 408 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,400 of it for a couple of years. Maybe you just started getting 409 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,200 exhausted. Maybe it's been a couple of 410 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,400 months. You're just so tired. 411 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,320 You're like not 10th month and nothing has happened. 412 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,960 Still, what's going on? Am I praying to a living God? 413 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,160 I want to encourage you that now's the time for you to rise 414 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:06,520 up, arise from that depression, that prostration because of what 415 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:11,080 life has thrown you because God is doing a new thing around the 416 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,960 globe. God is doing a new thing. 417 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,480 You hear the stories of people encountering Jesus in every 418 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,640 situation, walk of life, It's amazing. 419 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:24,360 God's glory is evident. God's glory is evident. 420 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,360 What are the new things God is calling you to step into? 421 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,800 Unless you rise up and get in, you can't really do it. 422 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,280 You know, with COVID, so many jobs moved online. 423 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,120 And recently, recently talking to a friend of ours is in a high 424 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:41,160 position in a company, and he was just telling us how 425 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,320 difficult it is to convince people to come back into work. 426 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,720 They're so comfortable sitting with a shirt and just, you know, 427 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,960 they're jockey shots or briefs in meetings and then log off and 428 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,880 do their own thing. He said it's harder to get 429 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,640 people to get up and come into work. 430 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,960 And I wonder whether that apathy has also, you know, kind of 431 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,560 seeped into our spiritual life when you know about God. 432 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,800 I'm sure that you're not speaking to me directly to the 433 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,440 Bible. So I'll just, you know, listen 434 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:12,120 to a podcast and maybe some word there will resonate with me or 435 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:15,240 maybe I'll just go to, you know, a place where you know other 436 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,360 believers are and let the vibe kind of rub off onto me. 437 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,320 Have we gotten too complacent? Has your weariness got you to 438 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,720 sleep when you needed to be awake and alert? 439 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,800 The The apostle Peter writes about needing to be alert 440 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,960 because our enemy is like a. Roaring lion waiting to pounce 441 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,640 on someone. And while we don't want to give 442 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,520 him too much credence, I want to be. 443 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:43,080 Alert to what God is doing. I want to be alert to what God 444 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,680 is doing in the earth, what he's doing in my world, what he's 445 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,000 doing in my family. I want to be alert and awake. 446 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,400 You need to get up. It's time to get up. 447 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,840 You cannot do the things in the new season if you're on your 448 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,320 back. You need to get up. 449 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,920 You need to be alert, you need to be praying, you need to be 450 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,880 standing. So the first thing is arise, 451 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:10,200 arise. Second thing is be bold a arise 452 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,280 BB bold, be bold. Why? 453 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,480 Because God is with you. You have to understand the other 454 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,000 nations who had heard that Israel had was crossing the 455 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,920 Jordan to come to them. We're afraid, Rehab tells them. 456 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,320 Our hearts melted in fear when we heard of what God had done 457 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,320 for you. They were not afraid of the 458 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,480 Israelites, Percy. They were afraid of the God who 459 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:34,920 was with them. You can be bold because of the 460 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,720 one who is with you, The one who is in you. 461 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,120 Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. 462 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,000 Why should I be afraid? Why do I live in such anxiety? 463 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,000 I'm asking myself this. When the one who is with me is 464 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:53,040 almighty, the one who is for me is a mighty man of war. 465 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,760 This is the God I serve. And yet sometimes we're just so 466 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,120 afraid. We're so afraid. 467 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,400 And The thing is this, you have to understand, like I said, the 468 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,480 new land is going to have new challenges. 469 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,760 It's going to have new burdens, it's going to have new 470 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,840 obstacles, it's going to have giants. 471 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,760 And therefore there's a need for you to be bold. 472 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,920 I when I read Joshua 19, as much as it's encouraging, it always 473 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,880 kind of scared me because it felt like God was prepping 474 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,880 Joshua by saying be brave, be bold, be courageous because 475 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,280 there's going to be a ton of reasons for you to be scared. 476 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,480 And that is the truth of our lives as believers, as we 477 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,320 mature, as we grow into the likeness of Christ, as he gives 478 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,360 us more in our hands to do, as he entrusts more of the Kingdom 479 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:39,680 to us, as he gives people to us to to shepherd and serve, the 480 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,640 responsibility increases, The mantle gets heavier. 481 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:47,640 I need more of him. I'm going to have many reasons 482 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,360 to be afraid. I'm going to have many reasons 483 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:51,560 to tremble. I'm going to be discouraged many 484 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,240 times. But he's saying be bold. 485 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,160 Be strong, don't be discouraged, don't be dismayed. 486 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,880 Why? Because I am with you. 487 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,640 The book of Proverbs, Proverbs 28 was one. 488 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,040 It says the wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the 489 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,880 righteous are as bold as a lion. Both the wicked and the 490 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,840 righteous have people chase after them, have enemies pursue 491 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:13,720 them. The wicked run even though no 492 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,280 one's pursuing, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. 493 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,200 If you watch Nat Geo videos of lions and lionesses with their 494 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,720 Cubs, even baby lions know who they are. 495 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:30,720 Even a cub is fearless. They don't tremble in the face 496 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,040 of opposition. And the thing that the lion does 497 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,600 is it stands bold and strong in the face of all enemies. 498 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,320 It knows its strength. It knows its power. 499 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,280 You and I are children of the Lion of Judah. 500 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:47,160 By definition, we are lion Cubs. Why are we trembling when we 501 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:52,120 need to be standing bold? Why do we stand trembling? 502 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,400 The reason we stand trembling? When I was looking at the word 503 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,400 for bold, the righteous are as bold as a lion, I was studying 504 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,960 the word bold. And the bold. 505 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,760 Word bold actually means to trust and to be confident. 506 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:08,760 And by, you know, association, it also means to take refuge in. 507 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,920 So what does that mean? I would be bold when I trust or 508 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,720 rely or I'm confident or take refuge in a very strong person. 509 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,400 The reason many times I'm not bold is because my confidence is 510 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,160 in myself. My trust is in someone. 511 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:32,200 My refuge is nowhere. I think that I can handle it, 512 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,440 and I stand there completely defenseless, wondering what to 513 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,560 do. But The thing is, it shifts. 514 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:40,240 The righteous are as bold as a lion. 515 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,840 You and I are clothed in the righteousness of Christ. 516 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,840 We're hidden in Christ if he is my refuge. 517 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:51,440 If he is my refuge, I don't have to fear a thing. 518 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:57,160 I don't have to fear a thing. If you've ever seen these, 519 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,400 these, you know, funny videos of, you know, large dog and a 520 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,680 small dog. So if there's a really tiny dog 521 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,360 and the big dog is barking at something, the little dog stands 522 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:10,520 and it's sure, you know, shadow and it kind of just mooches off 523 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,320 it's power. Too many of us have taken refuge 524 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,720 in the wrong things. We're not actually trusting or 525 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,760 having confidence in the right person. 526 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,400 What if you and I were to get like Psalm 91 says, get into the 527 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:29,880 shadow of the Almighty? If my refuge is Christ, I have 528 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,600 every reason to be bold. I have every. 529 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,520 Reason to be courageous. Joshua was had already faced 2 530 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:41,840 big kings Org and King Sihan of the Amorite org of Bastion. 531 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,920 He had fought people. Moses had LED that charge. 532 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,000 But Joshua was on the battlefield fighting. 533 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,800 He had faced these two guys. He had wiped them out but they 534 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,920 were long battles. But what was coming was he was 535 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,520 going to be fighting 33 kings to take over their territories. 536 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,920 These were the Canaanite kings. These guys were strong, they 537 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:02,840 were vicious, they were powerful, they had iron 538 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,600 Chariots. These guys were ruthless and God 539 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,400 was saying this land belong to you. 540 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:09,520 Now I'm giving it, you go take it. 541 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,000 This is very interesting thing. It says over there, this is the 542 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,680 land that I'm giving you. The Lord your God is giving you 543 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,280 this land right in verse. Where does that come? 544 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,560 Yeah. Verse 2, he says I am the land 545 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,000 which I'm giving to them. Verse 3, every place that the 546 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,640 sole of your foot will tread upon, I have given you past 547 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,120 tense. So one is I am giving you 548 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:33,520 present continuous, but I've already given it to you. 549 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,880 What is he saying? He's saying this is a victory 550 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,360 that is already won, but you have to enforce the victory, and 551 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,360 for that you need to be bold. What is my boldness today? 552 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,160 My boldness is that God is with me. 553 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,880 My boldness is that in Christ I have the victory. 554 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,680 We are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus, that wherever He 555 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,240 takes me, we're walking in victory. 556 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,960 I carry the aroma of Christ. That is the reason for my 557 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,960 boldness. Without boldness, their hearts 558 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,440 would have melted in fear. You and I in the new season need 559 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,400 to infuse this boldness consistently into us. 560 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,600 We need to know who we are in Christ. 561 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,320 We need to know who Christ is, Reveal in that, dwell in that. 562 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,760 And from that place comes a boldness saying, Lord, anything 563 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,080 that happens, I know you're with me. 564 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,240 I know that all things work together for good, that for them 565 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:22,880 that love the Lord. I trust you. 566 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,240 Your timing is perfect God, your timing is perfect. 567 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,960 When I was reading this one verse in Exodus, it says he 568 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,600 brought them out 430 years later from, you know, Egypt. 569 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,800 He brings them out in the Exodus to the very day that God had 570 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,840 promised Abraham. And when I read that, I realized 571 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,920 why am I worried about time or a lot of times running out? 572 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,280 Why am I worried? This is a God who is in the 573 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,760 detail. This is a God who does things to 574 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:55,400 the very minute of his plan. So if you have been saying God, 575 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,680 I, I'm so scared. I don't know when you're going 576 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,520 to do what you're promised to do I'm I'm, I'm feeling like, you 577 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,040 know, you're, you're, you know, kind of gone back on your word. 578 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,920 He's not a man. He doesn't lie. 579 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,840 If he said it, he will do it. His arm is not too short. 580 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:13,920 It will save you. But the season will require that 581 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,040 you keep choosing courage. You keep staying bold, you keep 582 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,440 trusting, you keep taking refuge in me. 583 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,600 I was reading this verse this week which encouraged me so 584 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,480 much, which was I think from Isaiah 57. 585 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:29,600 It says they that take refuge in me will inherit the land and 586 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:34,440 possess my holy mountain. It is only when you and I take 587 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,720 refuge in Him. Trust Him. 588 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,280 The righteous are as bold as a lion. 589 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:43,280 They trust in Him. You will inherit that which is 590 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,480 yours. Who is your refuge? 591 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,880 Who is your refuge today? The reason we need to be bold is 592 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,840 so that you will possess what is rightfully yours. 593 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,800 You will not run when you need to go and stand and possess. 594 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,240 It is so that you will obey God to the fullest. 595 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:03,280 If you're fearful, if you're melting in fear, you cannot obey 596 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,600 God because everything God is saying will sound like no way. 597 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,480 God is definitely not asking me to do that. 598 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:12,480 And you will turn tail and run. The reason you need to be bold 599 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:16,800 is to prosper and be successful. Look at this in verses six to 600 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,920 seven. He says be strong and courageous 601 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,440 because you will lead these people to inherit the land. 602 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,960 Without boldness, no inheritance. 603 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,160 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law 604 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:32,320 that Moses gave you. Without boldness, you will not 605 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,640 choose not to obey. You will take the ones that you 606 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,240 want to obey and you'll discard the rest. 607 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:40,840 He says, obey all of it, right? And then He also says over 608 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,040 there, then keep this book of the law. 609 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,280 Meditate on it so that you will be prosperous and successful. 610 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,520 Obedience to God's Word will directly create a season of 611 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,360 success and prosperity because you are in His Word, you are in 612 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,040 His will. Too many of us want the 613 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,760 prosperity and the success without the obedience, without 614 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:02,440 the boldness. How? 615 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,840 Courageous are you to stand up for Jesus in your office? 616 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,560 The time is coming when we need to stand and be bold and say, 617 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,760 hey, I'm a Jesus follower. I cannot come to this event. 618 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,800 I follow Jesus. I, I kind of live a set apart 619 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,520 life. It may not work for you. 620 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:19,840 So I'm going to step out of this. 621 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,320 When will you live with courage? When will you live with 622 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,240 boldness? Because if not now I don't know 623 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:30,320 when. The righteous are as bold as a 624 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,680 lion. Courage of conviction, courage 625 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,840 of who you stand for, the courage for of what you stand 626 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,640 for. God is calling us into a season 627 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:46,240 of courage. The third thing A was arise. 628 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,600 B was B bold. C is chew, chew on God's word. 629 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,040 It's another word for meditation, you know, and with 630 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,680 all the Eastern, Far East meditative techniques, this got 631 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:03,720 such a bad rap. But meditating on God's Word is 632 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,040 everything. Look at what He says. 633 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:09,720 He says. Keep this book of the Law always 634 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,560 on your lips. Meditate on it day and night so 635 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,200 that you may be careful to do everything written in it. 636 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:22,080 This may be the key to even the New Testament portion which 637 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,600 talks about how the Word is now written on your heart. 638 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,400 How is it? Written on your heart when it's 639 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,480 on your mouth, when it's in your brain bouncing around, when you 640 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,840 have consumed it so much that it becomes one with you. 641 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:39,720 And The funny thing is, what you meditate on is what you live 642 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,920 out. If you're meditating on the 643 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,920 stuff that you're constantly consuming from all kinds of 644 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,280 platforms, from constant non-stop entertainment, your 645 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:52,040 life is kind of driven by that. I remember growing up, 2000 was 646 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,400 when Friends came out, you know the sitcom. 647 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,640 And I remember that all of us in that season, we were all 1617 648 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,680 year olds, a whole bunch of our friends circle started dating. 649 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,400 A whole bunch of us were hungry to go to a coffee shop. 650 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,560 We didn't have money on us, but we wanted to go to a coffee 651 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:08,639 shop. And that's when coffee Day 652 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:12,400 began. We were so driven by what we 653 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:13,880 were being, what we were consuming. 654 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,520 What we meditated on became a mantra. 655 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,120 It became the lifestyle choice, the way we dressed. 656 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:21,960 We wanted haircuts like the actors. 657 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,320 It was because of what we were consuming. 658 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,719 What are you and I consuming today? 659 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,320 Are we meditating and chewing on God's word? 660 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,280 You look at cows, they chew the cud. 661 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,000 They're chewing and chewing and chewing. 662 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,600 It's constantly in their mouth. And I believe God is calling us, 663 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,400 he says so that you may be careful to do some of us live in 664 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,159 this worry of I know God's word. We're not actually living it 665 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:47,040 out. Maybe the, the, you know, the 666 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,400 gap is that we are not sitting with the word. 667 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,560 We're not meditating on it. In Revelation 320, you know, 668 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,840 Jesus says, behold, I stand at the door and knock. 669 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:02,640 If anyone hears and listens and heeds my voice and opens the 670 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,960 door, I will come into him. We'll eat with him and he will 671 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,760 eat with me. Jesus is calling me to a 672 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,640 veritable feast in his presence when I open the word of God 673 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,720 every morning. What I'm technically doing is. 674 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,320 I am entering the the banquet hall and sitting down where 675 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:23,080 Jesus is already waiting for me. He's sitting there, he's waiting 676 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:27,560 as I read the Word, as I sit with it, as I allow it to soak 677 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:32,880 in, as I chew on this one or two scriptures I train myself to 678 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,400 hear from. He says this very clearly. 679 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:41,240 If anyone hears and listens. The problem is, we find 680 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:43,520 ourselves at a buffet of God's Word. 681 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,280 I take what I like, I leave what I don't. 682 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,480 And I walk. Away God is calling me to a 683 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:53,120 banquet where he serves me. He says I know you need this, I 684 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:57,280 know you like this, but now I want to give you all that is my 685 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,000 treasure trove. And that's what a banquet looks 686 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,800 like. And he's saying he wants to sit 687 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,120 and eat with us. He wants to meet with us. 688 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:10,880 You need the word to be explained to you by the word. 689 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,040 Jesus is the living Word. Without Him sitting with us and 690 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,360 explaining this, this will just be words. 691 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,560 This could be misconstrued to fit my political understanding. 692 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,440 This could be misconstrued to just stick in my fancy. 693 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,000 But to understand it in the context for which it was 694 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,560 written. For such a time as this, I need 695 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,760 the living Word to explain the written word to me. 696 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,600 When you chew on God's word. He explains things. 697 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,480 To you, He teaches you how to live. 698 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,040 He teaches you how to appropriate it, how to live it 699 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,640 out. I was watching this beautiful 700 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:46,640 video of a little boy. He in this is somewhere in this 701 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,280 in Central America, and a mission organization is working 702 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,560 there with this tribe, which has so many people, little children 703 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,880 who are born deaf. And so this little child is 704 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,520 finally in this organization. They're fitting him with a 705 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,680 hearing aid and they fit. I think he's just about two or 706 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:05,040 three years old. He has never heard people's 707 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,160 voices clearly. In fact, when they put him in 708 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,280 play school, he was shunned by other kids. 709 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,680 Teachers had called him restless and you know, they had. 710 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,520 They call them all kinds of things and say, you know what we 711 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,160 can't handle and we can't do anything. 712 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,800 And he'd grown. Then when he first came to the 713 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,320 place, he was just about 3 or 4, two or three. 714 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,440 But then as he grew and they started fitting him for the 715 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,200 hearing aid, around 5 or 6, they fitted him with this hearing aid 716 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:32,280 and the joy on his face when he could hear the doctor and his 717 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,560 parents voices. And not just that, the doctor 718 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,040 would had actually forged a bond. 719 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,240 And she had heard the struggle he was having at school. 720 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,080 She had heard how he had been bullied. 721 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,040 She had heard how teachers had written him off, called him 722 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,720 stupid, called him dumb. And the first thing she said to 723 00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:50,280 him was this, which was very interesting. 724 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:54,360 She said you are loved by God, you are intelligent, you are a 725 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,240 good boy. Three things that she says to 726 00:37:57,240 --> 00:37:58,880 him. First words that he hears 727 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,880 clearly, tears running down his face. 728 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,760 He hugs this teacher, hugs his parents, goes back to school. 729 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:10,120 She meets him a couple of months on and years later sees a steady 730 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,120 increase in his ability, social interaction. 731 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,400 All because he could hear again. All because he was able to 732 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,160 concentrate on what was being said. 733 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,080 Too many of us have been listening to the negative voices 734 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:26,960 of the muffled hearing we have. We've gotten used to it. 735 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,120 I, I, I hear God's word, but my childhood voices are louder. 736 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:36,720 The rejection sounds louder, the orphanness sounds louder, the 737 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:39,360 abuse sounds louder, the trauma sounds louder. 738 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:44,000 And so the voice of God is still so dim and diminished, but God 739 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,960 is saying, Hey, I want you to better hear my voice. 740 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,680 And for that you need to chew on my word issue, on his word, 741 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,760 dwell in it so that your hearing is tuned to the voice of God. 742 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,320 This new season is going to require us to listen to the 743 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,720 audible voice of God. God is going to speak to you. 744 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,240 He's going to speak to you about your marriage. 745 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,280 He's going to speak to you about your health. 746 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:05,840 He's going to speak to you about your children. 747 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:07,360 He's going to speak to you about your future. 748 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,000 He's going to speak to you about your job. 749 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,360 He's going to speak to you about those things that you have 750 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:14,720 dreamt of pioneering and yet haven't seen the light of day. 751 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,840 He's going to dream. He's going to talk to you about 752 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:21,360 dreams that you've had. What if you miss it because you 753 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,280 don't know how to identify his voice? 754 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,520 His voice always sounds in line. With His word. 755 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,040 So if you haven't been meditating on His word, you 756 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,920 could miss it. You could miss it. 757 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,040 And I, for one, don't want to miss His voice. 758 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:35,360 I don't want to miss the time when He's speaking to me to 759 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:40,440 catch what he's saying. So as you arise, as you are 760 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,800 bold, as you chew on God's Word, He is going to surround you with 761 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,760 people. If you look at this, this was 2 762 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,960 1/2 tribes that had already got their inheritance. 763 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,720 But Joshua was saying, hey, you guys made a promise to Moses 764 00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:54,760 that you will settle your families, but you will come with 765 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,480 us to reclaim the land on the other side. 766 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,640 And these guys say, we're with you all the way. 767 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,280 God is going to bring you people for the new season who will 768 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,240 rally around you, who will come around you and say we are with 769 00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:09,360 you. We're going to pray you through. 770 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,840 We're going to see you through. God is going to bring those who 771 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,920 will confirm his word to you. I love that. 772 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,400 Everything God said to them, they they said only be strong 773 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,080 and courageous. They were confirming what God 774 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,000 had already spoken. How much it must have cheered 775 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,360 Josh. Joshua's hard to go. 776 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:29,240 I didn't mishear God. I didn't mishear God. 777 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:33,200 God is going to bring people who will confirm God's word to you. 778 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,280 They're all He's also going to bring people who are going to 779 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,880 help you. Take the land. 780 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,160 Because let's face it, taking the land was not a solo man's 781 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,040 job. It wasn't Joshua's job alone. 782 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:45,640 He had an army with him. They did everything together. 783 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,560 The priests were helping the people who are helping artisans. 784 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:52,440 Everyone. It takes a village is true. 785 00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:54,480 To take the land. You will need your people. 786 00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:59,440 God's going to bring them in. As we close, I just want to read 787 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,760 from Isaiah 43. You know, many times we read the 788 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:06,040 scripture, Isaiah 43. We're going to read from verse 789 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:11,080 15, 15 to 20. As we read that, I want to just 790 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,920 give you an indication of what this season is going to look 791 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,600 like. He says I am the Lord, your Holy 792 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,640 One, Israel's Creator, your King. 793 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,840 This is what the Lord says. He who made a way through the 794 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:25,120 sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the 795 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:29,160 Chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and 796 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:33,080 they lay there never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out 797 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,680 like a wig. Forget the former things. 798 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,520 Do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing now. 799 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,760 It springs up. Do you not perceive it? 800 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,000 I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the 801 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,520 wasteland. This is our God. 802 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,400 This is our God. And this is what he's leading us 803 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,400 into. I love in the NLT, it says the 804 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,120 title says the Lord's promise of victory. 805 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,880 And for those of you who are wondering, this new season, is 806 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:01,640 it going to be a season of defeat? 807 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,320 No, it's going to be a season of victory because you have God 808 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:08,400 with you. You have Jesus with you. 809 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:12,440 But here's the thing, he says it's important. 810 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:17,000 Like forget the former things. Do not dwell on the past. 811 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,120 The way we remember the past matters. 812 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,760 The way we release the past matters so that we can actually 813 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:27,640 step into the new thing. God is calling when he goes into 814 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,240 the new season. Joshua doesn't have the benefit 815 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,200 of sitting and mulling over the good times with Moses. 816 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:36,400 He doesn't have time to think, oh wow, what a good leader Moses 817 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:37,440 was. I miss him. 818 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:39,720 He didn't have time. He was on mission. 819 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:44,320 He had to take land, distribute it, and then he would enter his 820 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,880 rest. So for many of us, we're in a 821 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,440 season when we're still living in the past and therefore 822 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,320 stepping into the new fields too much like too much of work. 823 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:59,440 But the command to us is forget the former things. 824 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:03,040 In NLT it says forget all that, all that. 825 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:07,920 It is nothing compared. To what I am going to do, for 826 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:11,720 I'm about to do something new. See, I have already begun. 827 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,280 Do you not see it? I will make a pathway in the 828 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,240 wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry 829 00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:21,840 wasteland. God is calling you and me to 830 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,440 remember the past. Yes, but how do you and I 831 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,760 remember the past? You know I have a problem when I 832 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:31,280 look at the past I have. Two hugely different ways of 833 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:32,680 looking. Either I look at it and look at 834 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:34,760 all the terrible things that happened and look at it like a 835 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,880 victim. Oh, I was a victim of those 836 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,840 circumstances, those terrible things that happened. 837 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:43,240 Oh, what a hard season. Or my other extreme is to say I 838 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:46,440 came out on top. It was amazing the way I had 839 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:50,000 grit, I had courage, I had, you know, the strength. 840 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,600 Both of these ways of looking at it turns out are not the best 841 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,360 way to look at it. Reason being, if you look at the 842 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,000 NLT, it's very clear I won't reel from NLT. 843 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,360 It says I am the Lord, your holy one. 844 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,240 OK, I am the Lord who opened away. 845 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,600 I called forth the mighty army of Egypt. 846 00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:10,760 I drew them beneath the waves. Who's the focus on? 847 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,560 It's on God. It's on what God did. 848 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,320 It's easy to look back at our past and just look at the 849 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,400 terrible tragedy of things that happened. 850 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:23,400 Or I can choose to look at the tragedy closer and find God's 851 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,680 hand in it. I can also look at the way I 852 00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:30,120 walked through it with strength, with boldness, and not make it 853 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,080 about me, but about God. God, it was you who extinguish 854 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,360 that enemy. Lord, it was you who made the 855 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,080 the seas part. It wasn't me. 856 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,600 Yes, I walked through on dry ground because you enabled me to 857 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:44,240 see that day. Our problem is that many times 858 00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:46,600 we make ourselves the victim or the victor. 859 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:50,920 When God is the hero of our past. 860 00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:54,320 He's the hero of the story and the way we remember it is very 861 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:55,960 important. Why do I say this? 862 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:58,520 Why do I say this? I noticed from my life, when 863 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:03,840 I've looked at the past through the lens of me being a victim, I 864 00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:05,680 feel powerless to look into the future. 865 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:09,400 When I look at the past as me being the victor, I look at the 866 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,560 future and think, what if I fail in the future? 867 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:13,440 What if I'm not as strong in the future? 868 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,120 What if I can't withstand it like I did? 869 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:19,080 Then I can't be the hero of my own story. 870 00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:23,280 Because I'm so frail and so weak, I have not arrived. 871 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:28,520 But when I look at the past through the lens of Jesus and 872 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,160 say, Oh my God, I went through that traumatic and incident, but 873 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,560 Jesus, how you redeemed it? God, how you walked with me 874 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,480 through that grief. Lord, how you walked with us 875 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:43,480 during that difficult time when I changed the lens, how it 876 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:47,880 changes everything. So then I look at the future and 877 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:51,640 I remember how I didn't collapse in that season because God was 878 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:55,400 literally holding me up. I didn't give up because God, 879 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,000 you strengthened me with your word. 880 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,760 You strengthened me through your people. 881 00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:03,760 Then will I look at the future? I have so much faith because the 882 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:05,560 one who led me then will lead me again. 883 00:46:05,720 --> 00:46:09,200 I look at the back at the back story of this and I think, wow, 884 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:13,240 if He held me up, then He will hold me up again. 885 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:17,320 How I remember is important, but this is the thing. 886 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,200 You remember it, you release it because now it's going to happen 887 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,800 differently. The way God is going to work 888 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,280 things out is going to look different. 889 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,360 It's not going to be the same as before. 890 00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:31,800 It's going to look different. He's going to make pathways for 891 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,320 you that you have not seen possible that you've not 892 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:41,400 imagined. How you remember the past will 893 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:45,520 dictate how you look at the future, Jesus says in Revelation 894 00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,680 21, Five, He says, the one seated on the throne says, see, 895 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:55,040 I am making all things new. He is making all things new. 896 00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:59,480 New means better than before. He's restoring it to such a 897 00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:00,600 place. It's going to be better than 898 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:03,880 before. Your marriage, Should you stay, 899 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,760 should you put the hard yards in, is going to be better than 900 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:09,320 before. The children you've been waiting 901 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:11,400 for will come. It's going to be better than you 902 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,600 imagined it might be through a route you didn't picture. 903 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:19,240 God is going to take you into new frontiers where all dreams 904 00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:22,360 are going to be revived and the way he unfolds it is going to be 905 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:27,000 so different, so unique to you. Many times our discouragement is 906 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:31,560 because we plan our miracles, we plan how the breakthrough should 907 00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,920 happen, but God is going to demolish those plans and do 908 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,680 something way better. It's going to blow your mind. 909 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:43,200 No mind has seen, no ear has has heard what God has conceived for 910 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,640 you, what God has planned for you and me. 911 00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:49,760 It's going to be so amazing, but it requires that you arise. 912 00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:53,920 It requires that you be bold. It requires that you chew on 913 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:57,440 God's Word so that you hear him and take the land. 914 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:02,600 I'm believing for us that God is taking us into a season of 915 00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,720 increase. For some of us, it's going to be 916 00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:09,720 a shedding of old routines and old paradigms and stepping into 917 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:12,440 new rhythms. Matthew 1128 to 30. 918 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,040 If you read it in the message, he says, I will take you in the 919 00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,920 rhythms of grace. You're not going to be running 920 00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:19,720 around like a headless chicken saying you're busy. 921 00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,560 You're going to find time to rest and enjoy God. 922 00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:25,920 For many it's going to be a season of increase. 923 00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:29,400 Like I said, Isaiah 54 where he he talks to the woman, he says 924 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:30,960 barren woman who's not given birth. 925 00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:35,520 Stretch wide, your tense. He's going to stretch wide those 926 00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,240 tents. For some it's going to be a 927 00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:40,720 season of surprises. He's going to do things that you 928 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:44,000 didn't picture. Things are going to get shifted. 929 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:46,480 You won't have time to even prepare, but it's just going to 930 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,440 happen. In Amos 9 it talks about the 931 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:53,040 hills flowing with wine. It talks about the ploughman 932 00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:55,800 beating the Reaper beating the planter. 933 00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:57,120 There's going to be things happening. 934 00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:59,400 So far as message version says, your head is going to swim. 935 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:02,320 God is going to do these things. For many. 936 00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:05,440 It's going to be a season of new wine and new wineskins. 937 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,600 Many times God is doing something new. 938 00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:10,240 But I want to do, you know, hold it in the old wine skin of my 939 00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:12,680 tradition, my methods, what works for me. 940 00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:15,080 God is saying I don't need the old wineskin, I'm doing 941 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:18,480 something new. New wine needs new wineskins. 942 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:23,120 You're going to overhaul things. For many, you're going to see 943 00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:26,960 new things in God's Word that you didn't see before, new 944 00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:33,840 treasures amidst the old. Matthew 1352 talks about that, 945 00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:38,000 that the teachers would bring out new treasures amidst the 946 00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,800 old, that God would give you the ability to see new things for 947 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:44,120 many. And I believe this, that we're 948 00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:46,560 going to be the channels of bringing many into the Kingdom 949 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,760 where they will experience a new creation that is in. 950 00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,920 Christ. The old is gone, the newest come 951 00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:55,960 second Corinthians 517. God is going to do something 952 00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:58,120 new. But how ready are you? 953 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:01,240 Are you still lying down on that bed of depression? 954 00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:04,000 Are you lying down in that bed of discouragement and saying I 955 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:05,440 can't get up, I can't do anything? 956 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:08,080 I haven't seen God, but I want to encourage you to start 957 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:11,240 looking at your past. Change the lens. 958 00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,080 When you go to an optometrist shop, they first put that 959 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:16,240 wireframe. You look like a bug eyed person 960 00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,320 and then they start fitting in the lens. 961 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,560 And you know what? Sometimes they give you 2 962 00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:23,080 powers. They try it on and they say is 963 00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:24,680 this OK? Or they remove it and they put 964 00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:26,240 another set of lens and is this better? 965 00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:30,520 For many of us, we have the right lens on but we don't know 966 00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:32,080 whether we're looking at good or better. 967 00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:37,240 God wants to give you what's better, but you need to change 968 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:39,480 the lens. How are you looking at the past? 969 00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:41,840 Is it through the? Victim mentality, of all the 970 00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:45,800 things that you went through, is it at a victim mentality where 971 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:47,360 you think you were the hero of that story? 972 00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:50,800 Would you pivot and say, Lord, I want to see you in that story. 973 00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:54,200 Show me where you were present in that story. 974 00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:59,200 Once you have remembered, want you to let it go and be ready 975 00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:02,360 for what it's coming. God has a plan that is going to 976 00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:05,240 blow our minds. Can I just pray for you? 977 00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:09,520 Mother, I just thank you so much for what You are doing in our 978 00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,200 lives. We are so grateful, Lord, for 979 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,320 all that you've done in the past. 980 00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:17,920 Every story has had purpose. Every barricade and obstacle we 981 00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,520 faced had a purpose called. You have redeemed and are 982 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:24,800 redeeming things. Help us to remember it right so 983 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,360 that we can release it and step into the new. 984 00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:30,280 Father, I pray for those who've been slumbering for too long, 985 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,640 those who have been sleeping on the job, those who have been so 986 00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:37,160 discouraged they haven't been able to lift the head and stand 987 00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,520 in guard. I pray right now that they would 988 00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:42,520 arise. They would arise and let their 989 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:44,920 light shine. Father, I pray for those who 990 00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:47,240 have been cats on the wall for too long. 991 00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:48,920 They haven't been bold about their faith. 992 00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:50,880 They haven't been bold in battle. 993 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:54,920 God, they have turned away. Father, I pray that today they 994 00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:57,320 would rise up and courage. The righteous are as bold as a 995 00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,320 lion. They would be like lions. 996 00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:03,040 Or Father, unwilling to let go of the promise till they see it 997 00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:07,440 fulfilled. Unwilling Lord to stand in 998 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,120 defeat but a step forward in victory. 999 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:13,320 Father, I pray for those who need help to chew on your word. 1000 00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:17,080 I pray for a love for your word to be deposited and those 1001 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,400 watching right now. I pray for those in the service 1002 00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:22,680 that Lord, a deep love for your Word, a deep love for your 1003 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:26,000 voice. Once we hear it, Lord, there's 1004 00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,600 no turning back. I pray for. 1005 00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:31,600 Those who used to hear your voice but have completely gone 1006 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:35,040 deaf right now spiritually, I pray that you would open deaf 1007 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:39,440 ears so that they would hear your voice and they would be led 1008 00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:43,200 by you and you alone. We cover ourselves with your 1009 00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:46,000 precious blood. Lead us, guide us and go before 1010 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:49,960 us into this new season. In Jesus name we pray, Amen. 1011 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:53,280 Amen. Just want to wish you an amazing 1012 00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:56,360 week ahead, that God would really speak to you from what we 1013 00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:59,200 have spoken. That God would show you what it 1014 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:00,760 is that you have to take possession of. 1015 00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:03,960 What is the land you must stand on, Stake your claim and say 1016 00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:06,160 this is given to me by Jesus, this is mine. 1017 00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:10,040 As you go into this week, I want to remind you of this that 1018 00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:12,920 whoever finds Jesus. Minds, Life, God bless you. 1019 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:16,800 Thanks for listening to this message. 1020 00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:20,640 We hope you were blessed to hear more messages like this. 1021 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:25,000 Make sure to subscribe and check out our podcast channel for past 1022 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,320 episodes. 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