“And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.” Josh 17:14- 16KJV
There are no free dishes in life. Whatsoever you desire to eat, you must be ready to cook.
Joshua told them, the solution to your smallness is “getting up” and “cutting down” for yourself. Many are too lazy to get up and too fearful to cut down. If you must destroy limitation and cross boundaries that has never being cross in your family before, then you must be ready to destroy fear. The children of Joseph said “… and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron…”
Miracles only happen for those who carry courageous heart in the face of adversity. It takes fearless and courageous people to go far in life. This why God told Joshua in Josh 1: 6,7 “…be strong and be courageous” and then you will be able to do what Moses can’t do. Courage doesn’t connote absence of fear; it simply implies confronting your fears with the understanding of scriptures. Courage means knowing what to use in the word of God to trouble your troubles.
Arise & Step Out!
Isa. 60: 1 says “Arise, Shine!” Only those who arise, shines!
Destroying your fears begins with rising up against it and stepping out. What is that storm in your life? Finance, Fruitfulness, Marriage, Academic, Deliverance or any other breakthrough, you need to rise up against it. Peter never knew he could stand walking on water until he arose and step out.
Whatsoever you fail to confront, you can never conquer. Stop saying; “whenever God is ready, He will do it”. God is always ready! He is the same yesterday, today and forever more (Heb. 13:8). His power does not decrease or increase with time. The reason why you are down is only because you choose to be down. Arise!
Permit me to tell you what is called Destiny. Destiny is not what will happen will happen, it is what you choose to happen to your life.
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”
Destiny is holding your life in the face of the scripture and commanding it to produce fruitfulness even in the face of every adversity. If you clear a land for farming, do you now leave it alone and say “whatsoever we grow, God will cause it to grow?” Well, something will surely grow there, but not what you will be able to eat. That is what destiny looks like.
Abraham was 75 years old still living in his father’s house. And God looked at him, “this one will die a-nobody”. No wonder he is still childless! And God said “Abraham, get out of your father’s house…”Someone said “To where?” Anad I supposed God reply "Well ,that is no really necessary now, just get out first."
Anytime you rise up against any opposition, you confuse and intimidate your enemies. You are not born to die in fear; it’s time to rise up. That you live together with different people doesn’t mean you have the same destiny with them. The bible says “fear not their fear, nor the afraid” (Isa. 8:12)
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