Shout

Joshua gazed out over the Promised Land; it was breathtaking—a place of inheritance, destiny, and fulfilment. But then there was Jericho! A fortified stronghold stood between God’s people and the land He had promised them. God didn’t remove it; He told Joshua to be strong, because every inheritance given by God must be claimed by us. Until we are strong enough to take it, we won't be strong enough to hold on to it. God knows we can’t change what we won’t confront. Strongholds are real. For us, they are not ancient cities, but patterns of thinking, habits, fears, or lies that we’ve believed for years. Strongholds keep us from stepping into the life God has planned for us. And the biggest stronghold is almost always this: wrong thinking about who we are and what we have in Christ. In Christ, you are strong—not because of your personality or a perfect past, but because of the power of the Holy Spirit within you. As disciples, we must understand that how Jesus lived serves as a model for our daily walk and that Heaven empowers us in our humanly impossible tasks. God has given us ample power through the Holy Spirit to enter into His inheritance, which He has invited us to share with Him. 

Friend, we are not meant to live limited by strongholds. We are meant to tear them down. So today, face the stronghold. Name it. Confront it, because all the land and all the promises of God are yours and yes in Christ. Come on, every time it lies to you, shout it down! The only thing between you and possessing all that He has made yours is the decision to be strong in Him.