Take the land

March 27, 2008

Many times God will tell us that we are to posses something or do something for Him but it does not happen right away. At times that can get discouraging and we may want to throw in the towel. Know that you are not the first one to have that happen.

Joshua 18:1-10 ESV
(1) Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
(2) There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned.
(3) So Joshua said to the people of Israel, "How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
(4) Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me.
(5) They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall continue in his territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north.
(6) And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
(7) The Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their heritage. And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them."
(8) So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, "Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh."
(9) So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh,
(10) and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.


There were several tribes of the Israelites that God had promised a portion of the land, but they had not taken it yet for what ever reason. So Joshua just told them, go look at that land, write down what is like, come back and we will divide it up. They you can go and take it on your own. Some never did take what they were supposed to do. Some of the children of Israel did not do what they were supposed to do. Others tried and succeeded.

When God gives a vision and you are sure of what it is, then hang on to it and work for it to succeed. But also know that it may not come to pass right away.


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Today
Joshua 16:1-18:28
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Joshua 19:1-21:45
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