We have the victory

Joshua had boldness to enter the Promised Land because he knew it had already been given to him. 400 years earlier the land had been promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and that promise still stood firm in Joshua’s day. The secret to overcoming faith is to understand what God’s plan is, and what He has already given to us. The enemy has no power unless the people of God forget what God has promised them.

The children of Israel weren’t fighting in presumption or blind faith, because they had the promise of God on their side, and they knew it. They had the promise given to Abraham, they had the prophetic unction of Moses to go into the land, and Joshua had the strategy of God to take the land. It was time to move with assurance of victory.

All the battles of God’s people in the scriptures were supernatural battles. We cannot expect to win a spiritual battle in our flesh. If we want to be victorious we must become a supernatural people. This was true in the day when the battle was fought against men, how much more is it true today when we fight a war in the spirit. To see the advance of the kingdom will take a people who understand the power of God.

God commanded Moses to build altars made of uncut stone, which is, stone not formed by the strength of man. God wants to be sure that when we build the kingdom it is not built on our own strength, but on the power of God. Paul reminded the Corinthians that he did not come with wise words of human understanding, but with a demonstration of power, so that their faith would rest in God and not man. Jesus exhorted the people to believe his words because of the miracles that he did. The army of God is a people of faith who know the power of their God, and they have weapons that are mighty for pulling down strongholds. Before we can become the army that God has called us to be we must understand the power of God that works in us, for what God wants to do is far beyond our ability. We must come to understand the power that can turn dust and death into a mighty army that has the ability to turn the desert into the Garden of Eden.