TITLE  OF MESSAGE:  BEHOLD- THE PROMISED LAND

BIBLE READING:
Joshua  3:1-5
Then  Joshua  rose early  in the morning  and they set out from Acacia Grove  and came to  the Jordan , he and all the children of Israel and lodged there before they crossed over. So it was  after three days  that the officers  went through the camp and they commanded  the people saying “ When you  see the ark of the  covenant   of the Lord your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it  then you shall set out from your place  and go after it.
Yet there shall be a  space  between you and it about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it that you may know the way  by  which  you must go for you have not passed  this way before. And Joshua said to the people, sanctify yourselves for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

1. God wants us  to  see  the  promised  land.  God   said  this  year will be a year of wonders  for you and  He will make  His word work in your lives. The children of Israel were in the  wilderness  for  forty years and there was a barrier.  Every iron  gate  in your life will be cut into pieces in Jesus  Name. Amen.

God   sees  everything. Psalm 139:7 says “  Where   can I go  from your spirit or Where can I  flee from your presence.” God is everywhere. God created you in His  own  image  and made our body to function. Everything  in God functions and you will function in Jesus   Name.  Amen. God  sees  from  a different way  we see.  God wants you to see  the promised land for the fulfillment of God’s promise  in your life ,  your destiny, your aims and objectives, your ministry etc. He has not said and will not  do. No mater your request,  God will  grant it in Jesus Name. Amen. The  creator  will  deliver you  from creatures. Upon Mount  Zion, there shall be deliverance. You are the Zion of God.  Exodus 7:1-2 says “  So  the Lord  said to Moses, see  I have made you  as  God to Pharaoh and Aaron your  brother  shall be your prophet.  You shall  speak  all that I command you. And  Aaron your brother  shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land.”  By getting  to your  promised land, your vision is fulfilled,  God  has labored for you to harvest, reproaches are removed., freedom from slavery is assured, God  is your God.  Psalm 89:34-35  says ”  My covenant  I will not break, nor  alter the word that has gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn  by  My holiness , I will not lie to David.” God never lies. He is a faithful Father. Joshua  6: 1-3 says “ Now Jericho was securely shut up  because of the children of Israel; none went out and none came in.  And the Lord said to Joshua:  see, I have given  Jericho into your hand , its king and the mighty men of valor. You shall  march around the city  all you men of war ; you  shall go around  the city once. This  you shall do  six days.” God wants you to see victory, promotion, elevation etc. Everyone God uses in the Bible, He made them to see. God will complete what He has started in your life. After you have seen what God sees , then He will perfect His blessing and you will see  greatness, peace, victory, a  new beginning, a new level etc.

2.    God gave you mouth to speak.  Before you speak, He has already spoken. Genesis  1: 1-4 says “ In  the beginning, God created  the heavens and the earth. The earth was  without  form  and void  and wilderness was on the face  of the deep.  And   the  Spirit  of God  was hovering  over the face of the waters. Then God said, Let  there  be light and there was light. And  God  saw  the light that  it was good,  and God divided the light from the darkness.” God   wants  you  to speak and not to be dumb. God is God that speaks  and  He is still speaking today. God spoke to Abraham in Genesis  12:1, 1:7, 17:1. God spoke to Moses in Ex 3:10 , 7:1, 8:1, 9:1, 10:1, 11:1, 12:1, 13:1, 14:1. Today, you will declare the glory of God in Jesus Name,   Amen.

3.    God Works: John 5:17 says ´ But Jesus answered them,
“ My   Father has been working until now  and I have  been working.” God is
still working. The Bible verse of  Isaiah  59:19 says “  So shall they fear  the
Name of the Lord  from the west and His glory from  the rising of the sun;
When  the enemy comes like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a
standard against him.” God will work things for you in Jesus Name,
Amen.

4.    God   Thinks:  His thoughts are not our thoughts. Isaiah 55:8
says “ For  My thoughts are not your thoughts  Nor are your  ways  My  ways says
the Lord.”  God  is  a good  thinker.

GOING TO THE PROMISED LAND
1.
God wants you to   terminate everything that is  keeping  away the glory of God
in your life. Romans  6:1 says “ What shall we say then?  Shall we continue in
sin that grace may abound? Sin is anything you do that does not do God Almighty
proud and so you have to terminate it.  The book of  Leviticus  11:44-45 says “
For I am the Lord your God. You   shall   therefore consecrate  yourselves  and
you shall be holy for I am holy.  Neither   shall   you  defile  yourselves with
any creeping  thing  that creeps on  the earth. For I am the  Lord who brings
you out of  the land of Egypt to be your God.   You shall therefore be holy
for  I am holy.” God is a holy God. The bible verse of  Matthew  5:48 says  “
Therefore you shall be perfect  just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”
Everything that is keeping back the glory of God in you must be terminated in
Jesus Name, Amen.
2.    God wants you to terminate every spirit of
procrastination.
It is not good for you to be  on a  particular level  on
your job  for  so long without  elevation, You postpone what you are supposed to
do today for tomorrow or in future,  putting aside  academic advancement that
would have Skyrocketed you to an enviable position. Deuteronomy 1:6 says  “ The
Lord  our God spoke  to us  in Horeb  saying  you have dwelt long enough at
this
mountain.” Deuteronomy 2:2-3 says “ And the Lord  spoke to me
saying “ You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.” When God
approves your journey, your career, your marriage, your business, you will not
suffer. So you have to terminate everything that makes you  to  procrastinate. I
f this is your  time, make use of it, start now, move in fast in Jesus Name,
Amen. Jacob sowed and reaped the same year. If  you  are on the same salary for
many years or standing against the mission of God, that means you have lost the
sight of God and you have to fight the devil.  If God wants to do something for
you, you have to take action, get out of  your  comfort zone  and move to the
next level.
3.    God wants  you  to  remove  everything in you that is
taking the place of God.
The book of  Luke  4:4 says “  But Jesus answered
him, saying, man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God.”  Do
not do it yourself, let God do it for you. God should  be  the first in
whatever  thing  you do ,that is, your job, your business, your career
etc.
4.    God wants you to punish every sin  in you  that refuses to
change.
You have to fast and pray to punish  every  spirit of disobedience.
You must punish the spirit that makes  you to  get angry and jealous  at
someone  that works harder and earns higher than you because whatever you reap,
you shall   sow.  If  you  work hard, the blessings  of God will  make you
prosperous, Nations will come to you in Jesus Name, Amen.  In the  same  token,
you have to punish your stomach while fasting because you are going
somewhere.
5.    God wants you to disappoint the spirit of
discouragement.
The book of Numbers 13:31-33 says “ Then  Caleb quieted  the
people before Moses and said  let us go up at once  and take possession for  we
are well able to overcome it. But the men who had gone up with him said  we  are
not able to  go up  against the people  for  they  are  much stronger than we.
And they gave the children of Israel a bad report  of the land  which they had
spied out, saying,  the land  through which  we have gone  as spies  is a land
that devours  its inhabitants and all the people  whom we saw in it  are men of
great stature.  There we  saw  the giants ( the descendants of Anak )  and we
were like grasshoppers in our own sight and so we were in their
sight.”

Caleb   encouraged  the Israelites to take possession of the land
of Jericho. Where color will not take you  to a  higher pedestal , break  the
record. Therefore, every spirit of discouragement is terminated in your  life in
Jesus Name, Amen.