Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day ( Wednesday 1/21/09)

The Joshua Generation...

Joshua 1:1-3 (Amplified Bible)
1) AFTER THE death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' minister,
2) Moses My servant is dead. So now arise [take his place], go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, the Israelites.
3) Every place upon which the sole of your foot shall tread, that have I given to you, as I promised Moses.

As I watched the change in leadership of this country in which we live, I heard so much, and so many commentators speak. But as a local news reporter, reported from a local college, he made reference to the "Joshua Generation," who had made the election of our new President, possible. As his words settled in, I began to really think on and meditate on the children of Israel and who they were and who they became under the leadership and command of Joshua. It reminded me that as with all of us a great leader brings out great abilities in the people they lead. It was also true that the people that existed under Moses' leadership all had to die off, because of their disobedience and their mind set.

Our new President's mantra during his campaign was "Yes we can." It spoke to a shifting in thought and they way business would be done. It was a call for all of America to get involved in order to go in and possess the land and make changes to our living conditions and our governmental system. My Grandmother use to say to all of us grand children, "If you make one step God will make two." God not unlike our new elected official has been calling us, as His people to shift, to shake off the grave clothes of complacency and the bondage of stagnation to press into His presence in order for us to be changed and in order for us to be used of Him. But it is also true that when we are aligning ourselves with God and changing the way we do business ( by stepping out of self alone), we put ourselves in a position to be moved into God's promises and His provision. When we can see the truth of God's ability and His capability and we would believe and exercise our faith, we can move from the wilderness into the promise land.

For many of us we have chosen to stay in the wilderness under the Moses regime, we will wander and choose to die right there. But for those of us who can lift up our hearts and minds and say "Yes He can," all I need to do is believe, trust and move in faith, we have moved from Moses into the Joshua Era; and into a place of possessing the promises and the truth of what God has for us and what He may want us to do. Leave the old mind set in the wilderness where it belongs and gather up the courage to possess the land. Join the Joshua Generation, the generation that possesses determination to go in and get ALL that God has for them! Taking No Prisoners as we go!