Time To Move Out: A Journey To the Promise Land

Deuteronomy 1:6-8 (New International Version)

6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates. 8 See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the LORD swore he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.

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My husband gave the message in church yesterday..and indeed God used him to shake the fear off of me...i'll try to summarize his message with four main points

1. I have been overstaying in my comfort zone---my Mount Horeb. I have been enjoying my Mount Horeb experience for so long now that I forgot about my Promise Land. I always share and claim my life verse in Jeremiah 29:11, God really has the greatest plans for my life.

2. I have to leave. The Lord made me realize that i have to go out of my comfort zone and face reality. I have been living my own fairy tale that I almost forgot I am the actress and not the director. I have so many fears..even insecurities..but God assured and re-assured me that i should not fear because He is with me (Psalm 23). And when I go out, I may have to give up some things and say goodbye to some people..in order to grow..in order to build new relationships and learn new lessons..lessons I'll never learn if I stay and enjoy my Mount Horeb experience.

3. God confirms and God affirms. He gave me vision and engraved in my heart the desire to possess His promises.

4. I need to act. God said go, then I should go. I can't expect to have the best if I do not get moving. God said stand in His promises..not just stand in the premises. Faith without action is dead.

Time to get moving..Go and possess the Promise Land!