I have heard a story of a man who was given an opportunity to go in a bank and take whatever he wanted. He man came out with a penny. Whose fault was that he was poor? The same thing with us- God's bank account of blessings has our name on it and we can dithdrawl (sp?) anytime we want. Whose fault that we are poor spiritually?
Looks like Joshua was the man who learned early that FAITH is a PIN number for that account and he got blessed.
With our group we'll read several chapters at a time, and then we'll scan them through together and I share with them what stood out to me. Oneof my precious ladies said the other day ,"boy! I don't know what you're going to teach, but I'll tell you that some of those chapters were BOOOORING" ( she has the most amazing British accent, so picture that). I agreed with her wholeheartidly. Some of those chapters should be named "The worst baby names book ever" or "If you don't love your baby, name it something like that"....(LOL). Another lady looked at the chapter and said ,"I am NOT reading this portion outloud!" Ha-HA!
As I was preparing for that lesson and saw the list of the king's names, I asked God to give me something fresh on that. He did!
We read in chapters 11-19 all the achievments of Joshua and his army. Then you'll see the whole list of the Kings and their location- 33 altogether.
I looked and at list and God started speaking to me. He said, "look again....what do you think those kings represented to Joshua?"...."Obstacles?"-I said/asked God. He smiled, "yes....some are bigger than others. But all of those kings were fighting Joshua to have ultimate authority over him and make him captive to their will. Are you getting the point now?"...........AHHHH.....
I stared at the list again and I could almost picture the Scripture being re-written before my eyes....."and Lenna by faith had conquered the kings....the king of offense and hurt feelings that tried to stop her from fulfilling her purpose...the king of insecurity that tried to convince her she was no good in the Kingdom of God......king of fear that tried to stop her from moving to the new heights.....king of doubt that ried to paralize her with unbelief.....all these kings tried to establish their thrones in her heart, but by faith Lenna and her God have overcame them all, because she believed.".... wouldn't that be wonderful????
You can put your own enemy in the blank. The king of eating disorder, pornography, lust, fear, unbelief,bitterness, resentment etc. Put your own king that you have and are battling at the moment, the king that is trying to put his throne next to God's throne in your heart and gain control over you. And be sure, just like Joshua was, that GOD is in the middle of that battle with you and He is getting the hail out to kill your foes right before you eyes! JUST BELIEVE!!!!
And at the end of your life, there will be a chapter that records your personal victories through and by faith. Anticipate, beloved! The LORD SABAOTH( The LORD of the Heavenly Army) is with you!!!!
"Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us." (Rom. 8:37 AMP)
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