Possess the Land

The Israelites were in the Promised Land. 
God had given it to them and promised to drive out the inhabitants a bit at a time so that they could take it over and it wouldn’t become overrun in the process. 
But part way through the book of Joshua, Joshua rebukes the people and asks why they have not possessed the land.
The land was before them and it was promised to them, yet, they had not taken possession of it. 
They were directed to go and survey the remaining land and divide it up and take it for themselves.  Like the Israelites, three thinks keep us from taking the land that the Lord has promised us:
1) a lack of knowledge,
2) a lack of faith,
3) a lack of motivation.
In order to possess the land we need to know the promises of God for our lives. 
We need to be in the Word and in relationship with the Lord. 
Possession of the land takes faith. 
Once we know the land is ours, we must move forward to take it.
Faith requires action on our part.
Often we lack motivation. 
We get in a rut and become apathetic; content with what we have, all the while, the riches of the Promised Land are ahead of us, not accessed and going to waste. 
Where are you in the process of possessing your Promised Land? 
Do you understand the promises of God for your life?
 Have you begun stepping out in faith?  Do you find yourself in a place of apathy? 
Today, like Joshua, I ask you:
 “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers have given you.”