Joshua 14:10-12 – “So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, while Israel traveled through the wilderness.  See, I am eighty-five years old today!  ¹¹ Today, I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out.  I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.  ¹² Now, assign me this hill country that the Lord promised me at that time!  No doubt you heard then that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities.  But assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer them, as the Lord promised.”  

Today is a new day, new in kind, not just a new day in a series of days.   There has never been a day like today, and it will never be again.   It has opportunities, discoveries, revelations, treasures, and challenges unique to today.  We can seize the moment, discover the treasures, and soar like eagles because we live in His love and have His Promise!  Unexpected discoveries that lead to powerful victories are waiting to be discovered and embraced by those who seek them.

As I read, prayed, and pondered the Word of God today, the thought of ‘Possessing the Promise(s)’ came to mind.

I love the story in Joshua 14:6-15 about Caleb.   I was drawn to something I had not considered.   Caleb received the Promise at age 40.  He endured the 40 years of wilderness training, testing, and trial.   Now, at age 85, he says, “Enough delay, give me THIS mountain (Promise).”   He got the Promise at 40, and 45 years later, he got the Promise.   He began taking possession at 85. 

I received a promise from God at about 40 years of age.  It has seemed impossible and almost a whimsical fantasy, but this story gives me renewed hope and expectation.  The Promise is God’s Promise, and God never fails.   If we press in, He provides!

Joshua told Israel in Joshua 18:3, “Don’t put off possessing the promise.”  In Joshua 21:45, we read, “Not one Promise failed to come to pass.”   In Titus 1:15-16, we are reminded that profession is not possession, and confession is not completion.   Between the profession, confession, and completion, there is a wilderness.

• Profession is recognition of the promise.  
• Confession is the attaching of ourselves to it. 

Once we have received the Promises, we must, step by step, inch by inch, day by day, live and focus on the provision of the promise.   God’s delay is not denial nor a sign you missed it.   The wilderness is our life university, and if we, like Caleb, never lose sight of the promise and never give up our confession, we will, one day, take possession of the promise of our confession.

Hebrews 1:14 is comforting because there we realize that God’s assigned angels have a charge to help us Possess our Promise!   Never give up, give in, or give out (become exhausted in delay).  God cannot, does not, and will not lie or fail.

Don’t put off Possessing the Promise!

Let us determine that we will ‘Possess the Promises’ no matter how long it takes!