Mon.’s Devo - Taking the Land

Read: Num. 33-34
Numbers 33 gives us the path the Israelites went on their journey out of Egypt to the promised land. If you look up the meaning of every place it will tell you what happened in that place. For example: they received the law in the desert of Sinai. It was there that the people made the golden calf and 3,000 were killed by the plague. The next place they camped was Kibroth-hattaavah which means “graves of the longing”. They were mourning the death of their friends and relatives that had just died. They ended up on the top of Mount Hor to survey the promised land. “Hor” means “progenitor” which means “a forefather or the source from which something develops.” This was to be their new beginning. It was the end of Aaron’s life and the end of the old covenant. They were entering into a new covenant which called for a new priest. His son Eliezar would take the office. Aaron’s name means “light bringer”. He was the one to usher in the light - the Holy Spirit. Eleazer means “God is helper”. That is the definition of the Holy Spirit - The Helper. To cross over the Red Sea was to enter into salvation. To cross over the Jordan was to enter into a Spirit-filled life. John the Baptist was the one to usher people to Jesus and salvation just like Aaron was to introduce them to the Holy Spirit.
They were told to drive out the inhabitants of the land before them and destroy all their pictures, molten images and high places. If they didn’t then their enemies would become thorns in their sides and would vex them in their own land and overtake them. We see this every day as we see Christians who are overcome with fear, sickness, depression, bitterness, etc. They didn’t drive out the inhabitants of their land. We inherit diseases, dispositions, unforgiveness, and fears so we have to drive them out with the blood of Jesus. If we don’t renew our minds in the Word of God we will be overdriven with what has been passed down to us. We also can pick up new demons along the way. We have to take authority and drive them out.
Lord, help us to see our enemies and know their names so we can drive them out and live peacefully in the land you have given us to inherit.