"Arise go over this Jordon.......unto the land which I do give to the children of Israel"
Josh. 1 - 2
Faith as a principle of action, is not enough for the realisation of God's will for us; there must also be the action; only by faith and action can we experimentally enter the land, conquer our foes, and posses our inheritance. It is true that "God worketh in us", but we must 'work out' the Salvation which He works in.
Phil 2: 12-13 " Wherefore my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure".
We may rely on God to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, but we may not rely on Him to do for us what we are capable of doing. To expect God to give us help and direction without our employing the means which He has placed within our reach, is not faith, but presumption.
There is no victory without struggle; there is no perfection without perseverance. If we would triumph we must try; if we would win, we must fight.
Sun and rain and the virtues of the soil could not in ten thousand years produce a harvest if man did not sow the seed; and having sown the seed, the harvest would be of no use to him, ......unless he gathers in.
God had said to Joshua, "I give to the children of Israel the land", but in the same breath God said, "Every place that the soles of your feet shall tread upon, shall be yours". Josh 1
"Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be ypours, from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be". Duet 11 - 24
The feet must answer to the faith. It is no use indolently dreaming about the goal; we must energetically foot, walk the track...
As Joshua sent men to discover the wealth of the land, and the strength of the foe, so we, by all available means, should learn how great is our inheritance in Christ, and the nature and strength of the foes, and the forces which would prevent us from possessing it.
As the first word should always be God.......the second should always be go
Amen
Josh. 1 - 2
Faith as a principle of action, is not enough for the realisation of God's will for us; there must also be the action; only by faith and action can we experimentally enter the land, conquer our foes, and posses our inheritance. It is true that "God worketh in us", but we must 'work out' the Salvation which He works in.
Phil 2: 12-13 " Wherefore my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure".
We may rely on God to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, but we may not rely on Him to do for us what we are capable of doing. To expect God to give us help and direction without our employing the means which He has placed within our reach, is not faith, but presumption.
There is no victory without struggle; there is no perfection without perseverance. If we would triumph we must try; if we would win, we must fight.
Sun and rain and the virtues of the soil could not in ten thousand years produce a harvest if man did not sow the seed; and having sown the seed, the harvest would be of no use to him, ......unless he gathers in.
God had said to Joshua, "I give to the children of Israel the land", but in the same breath God said, "Every place that the soles of your feet shall tread upon, shall be yours". Josh 1
"Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be ypours, from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be". Duet 11 - 24
The feet must answer to the faith. It is no use indolently dreaming about the goal; we must energetically foot, walk the track...
As Joshua sent men to discover the wealth of the land, and the strength of the foe, so we, by all available means, should learn how great is our inheritance in Christ, and the nature and strength of the foes, and the forces which would prevent us from possessing it.
As the first word should always be God.......the second should always be go
Amen
