Read: Josh. 9-11
If there is a book in the Bible that describes this generation it is Joshua. This is the generation that will take the land. These are the entitled. They know who they are and who their God is and they understand that this is our land: politics, the media, education, the arts, religion, the economy - it is our’s to take. That is how the Joshua-generation felt. This was their land and they were taking it.
All the princes in the promised land represented spiritual principalities. They made a mistake when the prince of Gideon tricked them into thinking they were from a far away country. Joshua foolishly made a covenant with them before asking God about it. When they found out they were neighbors, Israel couldn’t kill them so Israel made them their servants. These people were giants so they made them carry wood and water for them. When the other nations found out that Gibeon, a huge city had made a covenant with Israel they threatened to kill them. Israel was bound to help them which just gave them victory over other inhabitant of the land. Some of these principalities they came against had names that meant pride, fascination, wild, control. God even stopped the sun to give them more time to win their battle. Joshua didn’t stop till he had taken the whole land. Then he rested from war.
From reading this we learn that we can make our enemies serve us when they deceive us. We can also move the heart of God to change the natural course of nature just to come to our aid. We can be tenacious and take the land if we refuse to quit. If we realized the power we possess, we could be dangerous!
Lord, help us to see our land and go in and possess it.
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