Able To Overcome!

Numbers 13:26–30 KJV 1900

And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

In prayer about this service today God spoke this one word to me: OVERCOME.

Overcome: to get the better of, to prevail over, to overpower, to overwhelm.

Those that lived in Israel’s promise were a formidable people.

Son’s of Anak: race of giants, very war like.

Amalekites: formidable tribe of nomads, first attackers of Israel, brutal tactics of harassment,

Hittites:

Jebusites: descendants of Ham, known for there extreme wickedness, sacrificed children

Canaanites: sea fairing nation, wicked

We are often hard on Israel - so quick to reject the Promised Land.

When you consider at all that God had done to get them to where they were.

Over and again, the Word tells us that God delivered them with a mighty hand.

Let’s look a little closer...

God promises Abraham, everywhere you walk.

Issac and Jacob would be promised the same.

Then Moses and Joshua be told to loose their shoe because they were walking into the fulfillment ancient promise

When the time came, God’s word through Moses was, I will bear you on eagles wings to myself (Ex19)

It was a land of mild and honey, not of giants and perversion and wickedness.

It was a land of plenty, not a land where Amalekites would kill your wives and children

It was as though God forgot to tell them somethings…

It must have been a rude awakening that day as they heard the report, yes it is a great land but a land already occupied!

We shall be overcome, not overcome!

We all know the last scripture in this chapter:

Numbers 13:33 KJV 1900

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

In Numbers 14:1 Israel cried and wept and then rebelled because there were war-like nations in the land that had been given them.

And a generation would die and a new leader would arise before they would head Calebs words, WE ARE WELL ABLE!

Here is what is scary about this:

We are never more than one depressive, doubt filled moment from defeat!

BUT IF THAT IS TRUE

Are we not always one faith filled moment from victory!

I wonder how the story may have changed if they had opened their eyes to the power of God and said, yes we may be small in their eyes BUT they are grasshoppers in God’s eyes!

Never fear what is in the land!

Never fear where God has placed you!

If God gave it, it is ours!

We are well able to possess this land!

God empowers us for where he has placed us!

I don’t fear the agenda’s of this world, state or city because God has placed us for this fight!

Some of you have allowed voices of doubt to speak into your mind...

You can’t because you...

You have an Amalekite of addiction that keeps ambushing you...

You have a Giant of circumstance - how you were born, where you where born, hurts of life that keeps intimidating you...

But I come to tell you that you are well able!

Conclusion:

Deliverance - you are able to overcome

Continual, persistent life of victory !

keep pressure on - sacrifice

fast days

3 day fast: flesh

7 day: Family

14 day: City

21 day: state

40: nations

victory for: families, cultures