Possess the Land
"He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son." — Revelation 21:7
Owners, Not Renters
When God brought Israel into Canaan, He did not send them in to survive there. He sent them in to possess it.
That distinction runs through this entire study. God placed us on this earth to possess and to exercise dominion under Him. We are meant to be owners, not renters — and God does not want His people living out their days in defeat and discouragement.
If you have reached this final lesson, you have covered a great deal of ground. You have examined your family line, your home, your possessions, your body, your speech, your travels, your vows, and your work. You have confessed, renounced, destroyed, broken, forgiven, and blessed.
Now the question is what you do with what you have gained.
The Summary of Everything
If you remember nothing else from these hundred lessons, remember this sequence.
Ask. The Holy Spirit knows everything you have forgotten and everything you never knew. He is faithful to reveal it.
Diagnose. Where did this come from? Is it God's hand, an attack with legal ground, or an attack without any?
Repent. Where ground was given — by you or by those before you — confess it, be separated from it by the blood of Jesus, and remove yourself from it in practice.
Break it. Out loud, specifically, calmly, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Dismiss them. Command every spirit associated with it to leave.
Cleanse and fill. Ask the Lord to heal the damage, seal what was opened, and fill what was emptied.
Then rule. Command the thief to restore what he stole. Take up the authority you were given.
And where nothing else has worked, bring your case before the Judge of the Universe.
Do Not Settle
"Dear reader, are you struggling? Do you know that God has called you to do a specific task, but something has been blocking you from doing it?"
Please do not simply accept your current situation as something you must remain in for the rest of your life.
Seek the Lord. Cleanse your life. Then stand up and take authority over the thief.
There will be seasons of suffering. We grow in the hard times. But God does not intend that you remain in hardship all your days. Jesus suffered and died so that you could be victorious.
"And He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.'" (Revelation 21:6–7)
Point to Ponder
God sent His people in to possess the land, not to live there in defeat.
Verse to Remember
"He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son." — Revelation 21:7
Question to Consider
What is God calling me to do that I can now finally begin?
Today's Practice
Three things to close.
First, review. Go back through everything you wrote during these lessons. What has been dealt with? What is still outstanding? Make a short list of what remains and set dates against each item.
Second, record. Write down what God has done in you over the course of this study — what He revealed, what was broken, what changed. Date it. Keep it where your children will find it. You are building the heritage that earlier lessons said had been lost.
Third, pass it on. You now know things that most believers around you have never been taught. Somebody in your life is fighting a battle blindfolded. Tell them. Not as an expert — as someone who found a door standing open and learned how to close it.
That is how this ends: not with you finally free and comfortable, but with you free and useful.
Prayer
Father, thank You. For everything You have shown me, everything You have broken, and everything You have healed. I could not have found any of it on my own.
Thank You that Jesus became a curse for me so that I could stand free. Thank You for the authority He purchased and handed to me.
I refuse to settle in defeat any longer. I take up what You have given me. I will possess what You have promised, and I will not live as a renter in a land You gave me to own.
Show me the work You called me to and let nothing block it any longer. Restrain every adversary. Restore every stolen year.
And make me useful, Lord. Let me carry what I have learned to people who are still fighting blindfolded. Let my freedom become someone else's freedom.
Come quickly, Lord Jesus. And in the meantime, let me be found hard at work in Your kingdom when You return. Amen.
Not merely free and comfortable — free and useful. Now go and tell someone.