Joshua 18:3 – “So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?”

As I read, prayed, and mused on the Word of God today, the word “procrastination” filled my consciousness.    What do we procrastinate?  Why do we plead with God to do everything for us?  As I reread the account of Caleb in Joshua 14:6-12, I was amazed at one declaration. He said, “I was 40 when I received the promise. I’m 85 now and still waiting on the promise. But, I’m as strong now as I was then to go out and come in from war.”

Can we say that?  We can say, in some cases, I’ve been waiting, but not that I’m as strong as a seasoned citizen as a person in their prime.  Some argue this was figurative language, forgetting that those who went through the wilderness had clothes and shoes that never wore out. And, “they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength.” Caleb’s confession is a factual reality!   He said, “Give me THIS mountain!”   What is your mountain? Are you ready to take it?

In Joshua 18:3, we encounter procrastination again. They had failed to possess the promise. They were waiting on God to do it for them. There are some things God has promised that are waiting on us to become realities. He would do for us what He has commissioned, empowered, and equipped us to do.

We act like the song of youth camp, “Here we sit like birds in the wilderness waiting to be fed.” God has spread the table of promise before us. It is a self-serve buffet, but we are waiting to be served. Get up, go forward, possess the promise in the Name of Jesus! His blood bought it. His Spirit guarantees it. His word gives us the revelation.

Joshua 21:45 declares that not even one of God’s promises failed. That’s our God, this is our day! Go forth and possess your promise!

Lord, help us to be activators, not procrastinators!