The Israelites would have never experienced the wonders of the promised land unless they had consecrated themselves and made ready to cross over the Jordon to take possession of the land.
Is not my church stuck in a similar place? On the wrong side of the River Jordan, failing to enter and receive their inheritance?
Too many generations have died in the wilderness when they have stood on the cusp of entering into their promised inheritance without grasping it.
But now is the time to make yourselves ready; to hear the command to consecrate yourselves; to deal with the baggage that has gotten you stuck and unfulfilled. Now is the time to look up and see your inheritance; see that the path across the Jordan has opened up. By faith, step into your promised land and possess it for you and the following generations.
Activation: Ask the Lord where you have allowed yourself to become bogged down in the wilderness and to show you where your inheritance is ready to be claimed.
Joshua 3:5-6 (NKJV)
And Joshua said to the people,”Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” Then Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.
Isaiah 54:1-3 (NLT)
“Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labour. For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the Lord.
“Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities.”