Think for a minute about the promises God has made to you. Maybe you received them through scriptures or through a prophetic word. However you received them, have you attained those promises yet? Or are they still beyond your grasp?
Joshua 12 lists the names of kings that were kicked out of the Promised Land; the land promised to the people of God. It’s not a riveting read, but as I was studying, I was trying to put myself in Joshua’s shoes. I mean, after all, these kings had been there a long time! I began asking myself if I would ask politely for the land for fear of offending the inhabitants? Or would I tip-toe around them and try to convince them that God gave me this land?
And then it hit me. I’ve tip-toed around many established “kings” in my life. They are standing in spaces that God has promised to me and I need to STOP being a “nice” Christian and take what is rightfully mine!
For example, all my life I’ve dealt with a patriarchal viewpoint that I’m lesser because I’m a woman. Maybe I sound ignorant, but I never knew any different. The “king” that stood in my way needed to be removed, and it wasn’t going to voluntarily budge with me being a “nice” Christian.
In our lives, we don’t battle physical people like Joshua did, but we battle things in our minds; wrong ideas, poor images of ourselves, lies we’ve believed. What “kings” are standing in the way of the precious real estate in your mind? What will it take to conquer them?
For me, I had to remove the belief that told me I am not valuable as a woman. I asked for God’s perspective on how He sees me - I am His beloved daughter. Period. I am valuable. I am loved. And I will take the ground that God has promised me. I’m not going to be “nice” anymore. What are you tip-toeing around?
