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Wednesday,
February 11, 2009
The Promised Land
Deuteronomy 8:1-3 All the commandments
which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and
multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your
fathers. (2) And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led
thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove
thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his
commandments, or no. (3) And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger,
and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers
know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only,
but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man
live. (KJV)
Your time here on planet earth is a short
probationary period so to speak, a time for the Lord to see who is willing
and obedient, to serve Him with the motive of love. Just like with the
children of Israel, you too have been delivered from a life of bondage in
sin and misery to a life of liberty in Christ, to walk a new path of life
that leads to a promised land as well. You know, the devil tried to tempt
our Lord shortly after His forty day fast the same way he tries to tempt
God’s people today. The devil tried to get the Lord to look and seek His
provision in the physical realm, while the Spirit was looking to the Word
of God for the answer. You too will find the same temptations in your walk
on the path of life, the enemy is going to do all he can to get you to look
at outward things for your answer, while the Holy Spirit will be pointing
you and encouraging you to rely more and more on the Word of God to be your
source of life.
1 Corinthians 10:1-3 Moreover, brethren,
I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under
the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (2) And were all baptized unto
Moses in the cloud and in the sea; (3) And did all eat the same spiritual
meat; (KJV)
I would like to reiterate the fact that
when you are baptized into Christ it is something that needs to become a
way of life if you truly desire to inherit all the promises of God. The
same God that planned a way of escape for the children of Israel has made a
way of escape for you also, so that you can fulfill your calling in the
body of Christ and walk the spiritual path of life our Lord provided for
you before the foundation of the world.
1 Corinthians 10:4-6 And did all drink
the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that
followed them: and that Rock was Christ. (5) But with many of them God was
not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. (6) Now these
things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil
things, as they also lusted. (KJV)
Once again we see the word ‘many’ being
used; and once again folks, it doesn’t look good for the home team. That
same Lord that made provisions for these people to get through the
wilderness has made provisions and provided us with His Spirit so that we
could walk the path by faith, and not be overthrown by the sight of our
outward vision. So, whose eyes are you looking through; your limited carnal
vision, or are you able to see through the eyes of the Spirit the clear cut
way of escape our Lord provided for you today? Are you being overthrown and
overwhelmed by the things of this life, or are you walking in the victory
our Lord promised for His people to walk in?
1 Corinthians 10:7-11 Neither be ye
idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to
eat and drink, and rose up to play. (8) Neither let us commit fornication,
as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. (9)
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were
destroyed of serpents. (10) Neither murmur ye, as some of them also
murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. (11) Now all these things
happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the world are come. (KJV)
When you see this word ‘admonition’ it
means to warn or call attention to. When you are reading the accounts that
took place in the Bible they are reminders so that you won’t fall for the
same deceptions as many have before you. Simply put, it all comes to down
to faith, their ability to believe and trust in God who had made a way of
escape for them, the same God that provided us a way of escape in the
Spirit so that we would no longer have to be in bondage to the flesh and
its limited fallen realm.
Hebrews 4:1-2 Let us therefore fear,
lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should
seem to come short of it. (2) For unto us was the gospel preached, as well
as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed
with faith in them that heard it. (KJV)
The Bible says that we should labor not
for the meat that perishes but for the meat, or I could say the meat of the
Word, that will last for eternity. Our labor, the goal of the believer each
and every day is to hear the Lord and then enter into His rest, which means
to cease from our own works. Are you willing to let go of the old so that
you can walk a new path of life, or will you continue to hold to the old
and perish in that realm? Without faith it is impossible to please God;
anything that is not something that you can do faithfully, is sin.
Deuteronomy 8:4-6 Thy raiment waxed not
old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. (5) Thou
shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so
the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. (6) Therefore thou shalt keep the
commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. (KJV)
Now keep in mind that they didn’t have Wal-Mart
stores to stop and shop in on their journey through the wilderness, and yet
God was still able to supply all their need, whether they believed it or
not. When looking at these accounts one can’t help but think “who better to
be leading them than God Himself”? Now ask yourself, can you think of
someone better than the Lord to be leading and guiding you this day? Jesus
Christ was our forerunner, one who walked a perfect path of life and made
it to the Promised Land, now seated at the right hand of the Father. Is He
leading you today?
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