The Secret of Entering Your Promised Land
Numbers 13:1 (ESV) The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel.Loading…
Numbers 13:28 (ESV) “However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.”
Numbers 13:30 (ESV) “But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”Loading…
Numbers 13:30 (ESV) “But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Hebrews 3:19 (AMPCE)
“So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest], because of their unwillingness to adhere to and trust in and rely on God [unbelief had shut them out”.
Numbers 13:28 (AMP) But the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified (walled) and very large; moreover, we saw there the descendants of Anak
Numbers 13:31 (AMP) 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are too strong for us and so we were in their sight.”
Numbers 13:32 (AMP) 32 So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we went, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
Why could the people not enter the land
1.The People in that land is very strong
2.The People in that land are giants.
3.They are walled cities
4.The people in this land eat peopleLoading…
Focus on what God said and not what you see
The problem here was the spies focused on what the saw and not wat God said.
They saw giants, big walls, strong people, they saw themselves as grasshoppers and not what God said.
Focus on what God said and not what you see
Numbers 13:1 (ESV) The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel.
Focus on what God said and not what you see
We need to be reminded of what God has said, instead of what we see.
Deuteronomy 6:23 (ESV) “And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers.”
God brought you out to bring you in.
God brought us out to bring us in a promise land flowing with mike and honey.
God did not bring you out to stay in the wilderness.
God brought you out to bring you in.
What is keeping you out of you Promise Land?
They said the walls are keeping us out.
The Giant are keeping us out.
The strength of the enemy is keeping us out.
What is keeping you out of you Promise Land?
Hebrews 3:19 (AMPCE) “So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest], because of their unwillingness to adhere to and trust”. in and rely on God [unbelief had shut them out
What is keeping you out of you Promise Land?
The walls did not stop them.
The Giants did not stop them.
The strength of the people did not stop them.
Unbelieve stopped them.
What is keeping you out of you Promise Land?
You have no problems when you have faith in God.
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
“Unbelief is what locked the doors of the Promised Land to the children of Israel.
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Matthew 13:58 (ESV)
“And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.”
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Unbelief is our greatest stumbling block in life. Unbelief is sin.
Unbelief caused Eve to sin against God.
She failed to believe the Word of God.
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Unbelief is our greatest stumbling block in life. Unbelief is sin.
Unbelief caused Eve to sin against God.
She failed to believe the Word of God.
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Deuteronomy 1:32 (ESV)
32 Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the Lord your God,
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Deuteronomy 1:32 (AMP) “Yet in spite of this word, you did not trust [that is, confidently rely on and believe] the Lord your God”
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Hebrews 3:19 (NLT) So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Hebrews 3:19 (NASB) So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Hebrews 3:19 (NASB) So we see –
is in the present tense – it serves as a powerful warning sign of the effect of unbelieve
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Hebrews 3:19 (NASB) So we see that they were not able to enter –
No faith, no entrance!
They resisted God’s supernatural power and thus missed God’s supernatural restLoading…
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Hebrews 3:19 (NASB) So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief
Unbelief robs God of his glory and robs the unbeliever of the privilege of God’s blessings.
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Because of unbelief, rebellious man is denied entrance into the rest that God provides for the members of his household
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Hebrews 3:12 (MSG) So watch your step, friends. Make sure there’s no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God.
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Hebrews 3:13 For as long as God’s still calling it Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn’t slow down your reflexes. If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul.
Unbelieve is keeping you out of your promise land.
Romans 4:20 (NLT) Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God.
Intimidation will keep you out of your promise land.
The enemy wants us to overestimate his power and underestimate the power of the Holy Spirit within us.
Intimidation will keep you out of your promise land.
If you want to be remembered tell people wat can be done.
We can take the land.
Don’t be a can’t of it.
Be a can do it.
Intimidation will keep you out of your promise land.
1 John 4:4 (NKJV) You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.’
Intimidation will keep you out of your promise land.
John 8:44b (NIV).When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies’
Intimidation will keep you out of your promise land.
2 Tim 1:7 God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and self discipline! He has given me a sound mind!
A Grasshopper mentality will keep you out of your promise land
Numbers 13: 33b “And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers.”
A Grasshopper mentality will keep you out of your promise land
“The giants called us grasshoppers.” They said, “We were in our own sight as grasshoppers.”
They went in with a grasshopper mentality.
A Grasshopper mentality will keep you out of your promise land
Their thinking was contaminated before they got there.
Opposition doesn’t determine who you are; it simply reveals who you are.
If you have a grasshopper mentality, all your challenges and problems will look too big.