The Enemies In Your Promised Land

On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the Lord said to Moses,  “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.  Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess."

 “ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.  And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.’ ” Numbers 33:50-53, 55-56

You have a promised land, a place in your life which is in the center of God's perfect will for you.  And in your promised land are enemies of God's will, enemies God expects you to conquer.  In fact, He's sending you there for the specific purpose of exposing and conquering these enemies of Gods glory.  He's so serious about this that if you don't conquer them, He will do to you what He planned to do to them!

Expect these obstacles, those who oppose God's perfect will in your life.  They are part of your destiny, meant to bring about God's glory in your life.  These are like "the works of the devil" Jesus appeared to destroy in 1 John 3:8.  You too have works of the devil God saved you to destroy. 

• What are these works of devil you alone can expose and eradicate?
• Who are your spiritual archenemies?

You cannot avoid them.
The Spirit of God is leading you to them.

As Jesus was filled with the Spirit, then deliberately led by the Spirit to the wilderness, to the Devil, so you, in the power of the Spirit, are sent to confront an enemy of God's will.  The cross was God's will for Jesus, and Satan did everything to steer Jesus clear of the cross.

Jesus told us to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and to follow Him.

• What is your cross?
• Where is the desert of your enemy the Spirit is leading you to?
• Who are the idol worshiping nations in your promised land God is sending you to remove?

You have to answer these questions because your Christian destiny depends on it. 

You have a promised land,

a place in your life that is in the center of Gods perfect will for you.

In your promised land are enemies of God's perfect will,

enemies God is sending you to expose and remove.