Moving into the land flowing with milk and honey...

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 says " When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, ¹¹ houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, ¹² be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery."

As God begins to loose the storehouses of the wicked and begins to bless His people, we need to remember WHO is blessing and WHY HE is blessing! He is not blessing His people so that we can hoard what He is blessing us with! He is blessing us so that we can in turn bless those around us and bring souls into His Kingdom! In the prior passage we see that God was warning the Israelites not to forget that it was God who was bringing them into the land flowing with milk and honey and delivering them from slavery. We need to take heed to this warning as well. Be sure to give God all the honor and glory for every victory in your life!

Deut. 7:1-3a says" When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— ² and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally.^[a] Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. ³ Do not intermarry with them."

Here we see that God is warning His people to not "play" with the things He has delivered us from...don't ride the fence. "I can still hang out with old friends and keep my faith...I can go to the club and not drink and still be walking into God's plan for my life." A life of "playing" with the things that God has brought you out of will no longer satisfy your soul or be tolerated by God. He is calling His people to walk in righteousness and holiness. We are to be set apart, a peculiar people, not blend in!

I challenge you to ask God if there is anything that He is saying to you "destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. ³ Do not intermarry with them."! Go after God's will for your life totally and He will bless you.

Blessings,