​​Kept in Canaan

Once the Children of Israel were safely in Canaan, there was the question of pushing out the seven tribes and conquering walled cities as they possessed their possession.  Just so, the believer who enters spiritual Canaan has appropriated the life of rest or victory; but every gain will be contested by the enemy of souls.  Crossing the Jordan closes the door to the conflict in the Wilderness and opens another where spiritual warfare is of prime consideration.  So long as we walk in the Spirit and ​“take up our Cross daily” (Luke 9:23) and continually (2 Corinthians 4:11), we will know rest and victory; when we revert to fleshly activities, we will suffer defeat in the land, just as did the Children of Israel at Ai.  Crossing Jordan by faith gets us into the land and corresponds to the filling of the Spirit or the abiding, abundant life.  The Word tells us that we are to be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18); it also tells us we are to walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16).  A walk is a repeated step which means that the filling must be continuous.

May God richly bless you as you dare to take your place at the Cross and be set free from yourself to walk in Him!  (John 8:32).