You're gonna love this...
There were some things (issues) that I was avoiding to encounter; in many ways I was 'running' from them. There were some issues that I dreaded having to deal with because it involved too much contention with a family member.
In life, we all have something or someone that we dread having to confront; having to deal with. It's just there... it's in the way. It's huge, it's...................
It's like a mountain! A mountain which seems too high in mass, too steep to climb, and too high in altitude to encounter.
There was a man of God named Caleb. Caleb too, had a mountain. But instead of dreading it, he stood firm and prayed unto the Lord these very words...
"Now therefore, give me this mountain!"
Instead of avoiding it, Caleb chose to 'own' it. Caleb chose to be the boss over the situation; he chose to own the 'mountain' and in turn by owning it, he would subdue it.
When you really think about it, the only thing a mountain does is just 'stand there' and nothing else. It doesn't have legs to chase you; neither does a mountain have arms to take a swing at you. It cannot hold a weapon, neither can it take a weapon from you. It's 'Just There'. It is literally just there, waiting to be 'owned'... by you.
God is showing us something. We can 'own' the situation, meaning that we can be the one in control, and not the situation be in control of us. Jesus even said that with the power of our faith, with our words we can 'move a mountain' from 'here to thence'. And I'm thinking that the distance of a 'thence' is pretty far to move something from out of my way. And to think, I can do this with just my words.... of faith. God's Word.
Going back to Caleb, God's word says that this man was of a 'different spirit'. Caleb did not carry the spirit of the world, he carried instead the spirit of the Lord... The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit which leads and guides into all truth and does so as our Comforter.
Caleb knew his prayer to the Lord, was his victory. With him were 10 other men, plus Joshua, whom were sent to spy out the new land which God had promised them. The 'other 10' men were frightened of what they saw; their faith was in themselves which failed them. Caleb's faith, like Joshua's was in the Lord who failed them not.
Instead of running in fear... Caleb chose to 'own' what God had promised them. And he did.
What has God promised you? What mountains have presented themselves as in your way? There's a prayer which will not fail;
"Now therefore give me this mountain,
whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fenced;
if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said."—
----- Joshua 14:12
When you 'own' the mountain, it moves where you tell it to, form 'there' to thence'. From this moment on, nothing can stand in your way. :Rose:
'Now therefore, give me this mountain..."
There were some things (issues) that I was avoiding to encounter; in many ways I was 'running' from them. There were some issues that I dreaded having to deal with because it involved too much contention with a family member.
In life, we all have something or someone that we dread having to confront; having to deal with. It's just there... it's in the way. It's huge, it's...................
It's like a mountain! A mountain which seems too high in mass, too steep to climb, and too high in altitude to encounter.
There was a man of God named Caleb. Caleb too, had a mountain. But instead of dreading it, he stood firm and prayed unto the Lord these very words...
"Now therefore, give me this mountain!"
Instead of avoiding it, Caleb chose to 'own' it. Caleb chose to be the boss over the situation; he chose to own the 'mountain' and in turn by owning it, he would subdue it.
When you really think about it, the only thing a mountain does is just 'stand there' and nothing else. It doesn't have legs to chase you; neither does a mountain have arms to take a swing at you. It cannot hold a weapon, neither can it take a weapon from you. It's 'Just There'. It is literally just there, waiting to be 'owned'... by you.
God is showing us something. We can 'own' the situation, meaning that we can be the one in control, and not the situation be in control of us. Jesus even said that with the power of our faith, with our words we can 'move a mountain' from 'here to thence'. And I'm thinking that the distance of a 'thence' is pretty far to move something from out of my way. And to think, I can do this with just my words.... of faith. God's Word.
Going back to Caleb, God's word says that this man was of a 'different spirit'. Caleb did not carry the spirit of the world, he carried instead the spirit of the Lord... The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit which leads and guides into all truth and does so as our Comforter.
Caleb knew his prayer to the Lord, was his victory. With him were 10 other men, plus Joshua, whom were sent to spy out the new land which God had promised them. The 'other 10' men were frightened of what they saw; their faith was in themselves which failed them. Caleb's faith, like Joshua's was in the Lord who failed them not.
Instead of running in fear... Caleb chose to 'own' what God had promised them. And he did.
What has God promised you? What mountains have presented themselves as in your way? There's a prayer which will not fail;
"Now therefore give me this mountain,
whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fenced;
if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said."—
----- Joshua 14:12
When you 'own' the mountain, it moves where you tell it to, form 'there' to thence'. From this moment on, nothing can stand in your way. :Rose:
'Now therefore, give me this mountain..."
Absolutely. It might take a while, but if He said so, then it will come to pass. This time, I don't have those signs and wonders but I do have this resolve and quiet place. 
Thank you.
