Wednesday’s Declaration
Topic: You are never too old for God’s promises. Go get your
inheritance!Josh 13-14
If Jesus has promised you something know that he is a man of his word.
What God has for us is for us. He will keep his promises for his namesake and
for his reputation. We have to claim our inheritance. Sometimes God has to
remind us that he has more for us as he did Joshua. There are instances where
we have to bring to remembrance what was promised to us as Caleb did.
Josh 13:1 Now
Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to
him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to
possess. Our inheritance often impacts others. When we do not claim our
blessings, we could potentially block someone else’s blessing. Joshua was
leading a nation and he needed to claim all of the inheritance so it could be
divided among each tribe.
Please do not consider yourself or your age, only consider Jesus;
pursue and possess that which Jesus has promised you!
God is so good that he recognized Joshua’s age and he didn’t ask him to
go and fight, he just commanded him to possess and divide. Josh 13:5 I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot
the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. We are
so fortunate to have a Father of integrity and honor. He loves us and cares for
us like no other. The world cannot care for us as our Father does. The world
will not tell us, “I know your older but I have more blessings to give you”. Sometimes
we may feel as if Jesus has forgotten. Jesus can never forget us and will never
forsake us. Sometimes we just need to inquire. Joshua was giving everyone their
inheritance according to what The Lord commanded and Caleb remembered there was
a special inheritance he was supposed to receive. Caleb spoke up to inquire
about his inheritance.
When blessings are given and we do not receive what
God promised, we should inquire and not complain. When we trust and believe in
our Father, we have faith that he will provide what he promised. When we have a
relationship with our Father we have the freedom to inquire.
Caleb’s request was bold and strong as we should be
when it comes to God’s promises. I would provide the link but I would love for
you to read Caleb’s request.
Josh 14:6-12 “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and
me. 7 I was forty
years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me
from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was
in my heart. 8 But
my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly
followed the Lord my God. 9 And
Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has
trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you
have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ 10 And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since
the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness.
And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. 11 I am still as strong today
as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was
then, for war and for going and coming. 12 So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were
there, with great fortified cities. It
may be that the Lord will be with me, and I
shall drive them out just as the Lord said.”
Caleb was 85 years old when Joshua was assigning the
inheritance to each tribe. Caleb remembered he was promised a separate and
distinct inheritance and made an inquiry. Caleb said I am as strong as I was
when God promised it to me. Caleb realized through Christ he could do anything.
Caleb realized where his strength came from. Caleb did not forget what The Lord
promised. Some of us have forgotten or have given up on what Jesus promised. Some
of us are Joshua and Jesus sent this message to tell you he has more for you.
Some of us are Caleb and Jesus sent this message so you could remember to put
your request in and go get your inheritance.
Go get your inheritance. Stand and inquire. Only you know what God promised you.
God bless you. Jesus loves you.
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