Conquest

I am now meditating the wonderful pages of Joshua in the Bible. It opens with a promise of success and prosperity. God has revealed to me His mighty promises to Joshua and especially to us as we conquer the Promised Land He is about to give to us.

After the death of Moses, Joshua was commanded by God to lead the people to cross the Jordan River and invade the land the Lord was about to give them. I learned that it will only take 11 days to go to the Land of Canaan from Egypt, but it took the Israelites forty years because of their disobedience to God. God killed the disobedient generation and waited for the next generation to conquer the land. Even Moses was not able to enter because of the disobedience of the people. But Joshua was trained and encouraged by Moses to lead and take over. He indeed conquered the land!

Three Keys to Conquer:

1. Claim and Recieve the Promises

(Joshua 1: 3-5)

I will give you every place where you set your foot as I promised to Moses.

Listen Christians, we are now in the business of winning lands for Jesus. And God has assured us that whatever place we set our foot on, He will reward it to us. God has given us a conquering spirit. Remember that though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. It says in 2 Corinthians 10:4 “The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strong holds.” The battle is in the spirit. Now, we will set our foot on our campuses and on our work place and we would be able to conquer them because our weapons have divine power to demolish strong holds. We may think that we are not capable of conquering lands for Him, all God wants is our faith. We will overcome for Him!

Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates-all the Hittite country-to the great sea on the west.

God also promised that our territory will extend. Oh, I remember how God answered Jabez’ request when He prayed to God to enlarge his territory. Jabez had a bad reputation and a bad name but even with his past, God answered His request On the other hand, Great rivers, great seas and great lands were promised to Joshua. Your campuses are yours! Those are great lands to conquer! Don’t feel intimidated by thgreat lands because those are already ours!!!

No one will ever stand against you all the days of your life.

We are God’s soldiers. Our lives as a Christian are not simple. We always fight against the evil forces of this world but remember that God has given us a conquering spirit. No one will ever stand against us! Thousands may fall at our side but we will stand all the days of our lives with God.

As I was with Moses, so ill be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

No one will ever stand against us because God is with us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. No one can take us from His hands. Our loved ones will leave us but not God. He is our shield and strength.

2. Be Strong and VERY Courageous

The battle is not easy but is also not hard; one has to have a strong and courageous heart. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged. God is with us wherever we go.

3. Be careful to obey all the law; do not let it depart from your mouth and meditate on it day and night.

Our strength comes from obeying the word of God. God is very thorough when it comes to obeying His word. To conquer the land, one has to completely devote himself to our Lord and His commands. In Joshua 7, after God has given the City of Jericho to the Israelites, Joshua was ready to conquer Ai. But to his shock, Ai chased the Israelites and killed thirty six of them. They struck them down and defeated them. Joshua cried before the Lord.

Was God not faithful to His promises to Joshua that He will conquer every land he will set his foot on? Why were the Israelites defeated?

In Joshua 6:18 God carefully instructed the Israelites to keep away from the devoted things, all silver and gold and the articles of bronze and irons must go into his treasury. But some of the Israelites acted unfaithfully, they have violated and have taken some devoted things and kept them in their tents.

God is just. He will keep his promises to us provided that we keep ours. We must carefully obey EVERY commands of the Lord. In doing so, He will make us Victorious. God is capable to give us the land but He tests us if we are faithful to Him. He is looking at our hearts! They were defeated because they did not obey.

Natatalo tayo, kasi tayo din ang nagpapatalo.

“Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: That which is devoted is among you, O Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove it” Joshua 7:13”

You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove it!

We will stand against our enemies if we will consecrate ourselves. We will conquer if we will realize the value of obeying God’s commands and promises. We will conquer because of our intimate relationship with our God.

Oh no! I forgot about the promises of God to those who are faithfully reading the word of the Lord: PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS. You wanna be prosperous and successful in everything that you do? Relationship with the Father is the key.

"So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the wester foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. HE LEFT NO SURVIVORS. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel had commanded. Joshua subdued them from KAdesh Barnea to Gaza and from the whole region of Goshen to Gibeon. All these kings and their lands Johua conquered in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel."

What are the lands you want to conquer?
Do you want to conquer your campus?
Do you want to conquer your company or field of work?
Do you want to conquer your family?
Do you want to conquer your friend?
Do you want to conquer your dream?

These three are the Keys!

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