The Promised Land was an actual location between the River of Egypt and the Euphrates River in the ancient territory of Canaan, but the symbolism of that piece of land has taken on greater meaning. Genesis 12:7 says, “The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.“ The Lord made a promise to his people in that appearance to Abram that they would possess the entire land of promise.

In the same way through Christ the Father is still making the same promise to us. He is saying that if we will seek him with all of our heart we will find him. I believe the promise land of old is both a literal place and a spiritual place. Each one of us has a spiritual territory in our hearts that God is commanding us to take. The territory of our minds and our bodies must become the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. As we press toward God he fills us deeper and deeper with his presence. His glory overtakes us and we become more like him. His peace becomes our expression and His joy our everlasting strength.

Deuteronomy 1:8 says, “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.” And just like the Israelites of old who had a choice of taking the land or accepting the idolatrous ways of the Canaanites so do we have a choice of how much we will obey the Father’s will. The Israelites at first did not believe they could inhabit the entire land of Canaan. You will remember that when the 12 spies entered the land, only two believed in the possibility that it could be conquered. This disbelief led the Israelites into 40 years of wandering the desert. Only 2 of the original group of people who were older than 20 years of age, at the time of the departure from Egypt, made it into the Promised Land – Caleb and Joshua.

How many of us are wandering in the desert of unbelief when God wishes us to walk in the glorious promised land of faith. Perhaps unbelief in the promises of God has resulted in a lack of fulfillment in your life. You have an idea of what God wanted you to accomplish, but as you look at your life you don’t feel like you have accomplished anything at all.

The Israelites had to destroy the strongholds of the enemy in the land of Canaan before they could possess that great land of promise. You will remember that they took Jericho by a miracle of God. When they did what God said the walls of that city came tumbling down. In the same way, God is saying just trust in me and the walls of depression, anxiety and fear are about to come tumbling down in your life.

But the tumbling of those walls is just the beginning for you. God is destroying these strongholds so that you may possess a greater portion. The crumbling of the city of Jericho was a sign to the inhabitants of the land of Canaan that the people of God were going to possess the entire Promised Land. In the same way, as God destroys the work of the enemy in your life it is a sign to the enemy that you will be granted the entire portion of God’s promises – yes, the entire land of Canaan where the milk and honey does flow. Come on now, hear what I am saying. This realization makes the enemy wild. He don’t want you to know for one minute that God intends you to be completely fulfilled in your life and calling. He runs scared when he sees a wall come down in your life.

The land that God gives us is a land of milk and honey. It is a place where the joy of the Lord is our strength and where we walk in the riches of the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. You do not have to walk another day without God’s peace deep in the core of your being. God was saying to the Israelites I am going to give you the entire land of promise all you have to do is believe. As we believe the Lord uses our own feet to gain the lost lands of our lives. As we walk forward by faith and carry out the acts of God we obtain the greater portions of our inheritance. He is our great King and God. He will accomplish all that he says he will accomplish in our lives.

And so I pray for you right now. I ask God to help you believe that the walled cities of your life are coming down, that he will show you how easy that really is. I pray that as you walk toward your Jericho that God will instill the greatest peace and joy within your hearts. May he grant you revelation and knowledge of the promises he has in store. And as you walk may you see these promises come to pass quickly and in God’s time.