DCLM Higher Everyday 1 January 2024 — Possess Your Possession

DCLM Higher Everyday 1 January 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. KumuyiPossess Your Possession

Topic: Possess Your Possession

Text: Joshua 1:11-18

11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

13Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.

14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

15Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

17According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

18Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

Key Verse: “Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it” (Joshua 1:11).

Message

A man tied a cock and a hen together in the legs, preparing to slaughter them to celebrate the first of January 2024. The cock struggled hard until it loosed itself from the bond. But to his astonishment, the hen still remained there on the floor thinking it was still tied. “What!” the man suddenly exclaimed. “What’s the matter?” the daughter asked. “This hen is still lying down here having been set free by the cock.” “It’s a matter of the mind,” was the puzzling reply from the daughter.

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The above true anecdote best explains the declaration of Joshua to the psyche of the children of Israel. They had been loosed from the Egyptian bondage and presented with an open cheque of promise to take over the Promise Land. There wasn’t any reason for their delay any longer. In the same vain, from the first day of this New Year, press forward to accomplish your set goals.  Loose yourself from your psychological bonds. Beloved, study hard, yet maintain regular fellowship with God and the saints.  Now, go and possess your possession.

Quote: Press forward

Challenge: Never retreat or surrender until victory is won.

Prayer for today: Dear Lord, strengthen me to possess my possession this year.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)