We too should be
working towards destiny and purpose, for this is what brings us joy. Dreams and
desires are the things that light up our life, the destiny we wish to achieve
and that we aspire to. They are the desires of our heart. The direction we take
to help us achieve our desires, is the vehicle we use to get us there.
Before arriving at
our destiny there are things which stand in our way; things set before us, in
order to block us from our divine pathway, for there is always an element of
evil in this fallen world. When that happens, we can’t sit back and wait, we
have to take action and do something about it.
Just as the children of God faced many blocks, while they
worked their way into the promised land, we too shall face things, as we work
towards our dreams and desires.
Twelve men of the bible went out to spy the land. Only two
came back with a good report, the other ten felt it would be too hard. This
speaks of the natural. This is why we have ten things today, to overcome and
conquer before we can enter our promised land.
As with the nation of Israel and the ten battles they had to
fight with the other nations, so too will we have ten territories we’re going
to have to battle. It’s not that we have to fight other races and cultures, in
this day and age. Today, the nations represent the worldly; things (baggage,
conditions, circumstances and affairs). We’ll need to do battle, to overcome
and be successful in life.
God gave the land to the descendants of Israel. It wasn’t
the first people who left Egypt, but to their descendants who reached the
promised land. However, they couldn’t possess the land until they fought the
other nations. One of those nations being the Amorites.
The meaning of the name Amorite is; Bitter, a rebel,
babbler. The Amorites were giants and they were descendants of the son of
Canaan, the son of Ham, the son of Noah.
The bible states the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet
complete (Gen 15:16). Iniquity means a violation of duty, a transgression or
trespass. A guilt worthy of punishment. As they entered the promised land, the
Israelites still had battles to fight, as their iniquity still held.
God gave ample time for the Amorites to turn from their
wickedness, yet they did not take advantage of this time of grace and the
Israelites defeated the Amorites in battle; a punishment from God, for the
rebelling ways of the Amorite.
God waits until iniquity is fulfilled, before allowing you
to overcome something mightier than you. He knows you’re weak and He waits for
you to get stronger, before he brings you into the picture.
We have to get rid of the enemy; the engraved stones, the
molten images and their high places. We have to drive the inhabitants out and
the provision will be there to do this. God always provides.
What is our enemy? What are the ‘giants’ in our life?
Engraved stones - another name for painful memories, which
stop us from taking a chance.
Molten images - the idols that we seek to comfort us during
our troubled times, instead of God.
High places - the negative emotions we feel (weaknesses,
fears, anxieties), instead of courage to face tomorrow.
The first things we feel are the mental strongholds;
thoughts, precepts and opinions, because we haven’t yet conquered what and how
we think.
We are to conquer our thoughts, the inhabitants of our mind.
We are to take every thought captive and not allow our thoughts to run away
with us. We are to be in control of our thoughts; like a carriage pulled by
horses. Don’t let the horses bolt and run away, keep them under control.
There will always be tests in life. Obstacles that test our
courage. The bigger the test, the greater the benefit, once you overcome. The
test is in direct proportion to the benefit we receive.
If we look at the negative, we fail the test and then have
to re-sit the exam. A bad report deters us from our destiny and we have a
tendency to complain, when we’re given a bad report. Complaining takes us from
an eleven-day journey, to a forty-year journey. Just as the Israelites could
have entered the promised land in eleven days, but it took forty years for them
to get there. The more we complain, the longer our journey is.
The reason it stretches our season of delay when we complain
is, it’s a form of rebellion against the Lord. The Lord our God does not take
kindly to rebellion. He did after all, throw Lucifer, His bright and shining
star from heaven, when he rebelled.
Although we are given the right to choose, the wrong choice
does have consequences. However, we need to remember God is with us. We are not
to fear, for nothing is too hard for God. No matter what the circumstance, God
is well able to bring us through.
Note: Photograph; Bell Church Garden. Bell, Queensland Australia.
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