Day 17: Taking the Land

Read:  Deuteronomy 11:24

 Deuteronomy 11 | NIV Bible | YouVersion


What a beautiful promise God gave to the Israelites!  Wherever you set your foot, the land will be yours.  God has given His children this promise.  He has saved us and called us, not so that we can sit back and enjoy the blessings ourselves, but so that we would partner with Him in what He is doing around the world, expanding His kingdom!

Sometimes we take for granted the easy access to the gospel.  We don’t appreciate the freedom to worship and pray.  We don’t value our Bibles that are readily available to us.  And we sit and take for granted all of this.  But there are people who have never heard the name of Jesus.  There are people who have not had a single verse of the Bible translated into their language.  There are people who are dying having never heard the Good News of Jesus.

The Father promises that wherever we set our foot, the land is ours.  We need to wake up from our slumber and advance the Kingdom of God.  When is the last time you shared your testimony with someone?  When is the last time you told someone about what Jesus has done for them?  When is the last time you prayed for a family member, neighbor, or co-worker that doesn’t know Christ?  Let’s rise up and go out in faith believing that wherever we set our foot, that ground will be taken for the Kingdom of God!

 

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