Taking Our Promised Land

Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. -1 Corinthians 10:11

The things that happened to Israel happened as examples for us. Many are types and shadows we can learn from because they point to our new covenant in Christ.

God delivered Israel from the bondage of Egypt. He supernaturally parted the Red Sea, brought His people through on dry ground and then closed up the Red Sea on the Egyptian army. God “brought them forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes” (Psalm 105:37).

When the Israelites came out of Egypt and walked across that Red Sea, they were free, happy, healthy, prosperous and delivered from their enemies.

That’s what the new birth looks like. The minute we’re born again, God looks at us and sees us free, happy, healthy, prosperous and delivered from our enemies. If we trust Him, we’ll ultimately walk in that kind of life. Of course, problems will come along, but the Bible says, “This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4).

God prepared the Promised Land for Abraham’s descendants. That land belonged to them. The Promised Land isn’t a type of heaven, it’s a type of the abundant Christian life on earth. (The Promised Land couldn’t be a type of heaven, because there were giants in Canaan to overcome.)

God told them, “The land I give you flows with milk and honey. Giants live there, but don’t be concerned about them. I’ll drive them out from before you. You just go possess what I’ve given you!”

We’re in a similar position. Our victory has already been given to us. The devil has already been defeated. Sickness and disease have already been conquered. Now we just have to exercise our rights and privileges in Christ and take what already belongs to us!

CONFESSION:

God wants me free, healthy and delivered from my enemies. That’s my promised land! In Jesus’ name, I drive out all symptoms of sickness and take the health that is mine!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999