Kirk Bowman's blog

This is from my Bible reading in Joshua this morning:

All the tribes of Israel were given their allotments of land by God.
But they still had to go in and take possession of what had been given them.

Everything God gives must be taken.

The sons of Joseph are given their allotment but start complaining because it's too small and there are some difficulties involved in taking their piece of land.

Joshua says to them:
JOS 17:18 but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong. "

I love this phrase: For though it is a forest, you shall clear it

When we were building our buildings a few years ago, the piece of land we had was rolling and forested. Through a vision of what we wanted to build, we cleared forest and moved dirt and built our buildings. Now you'd never know what was there before.

What forest do you have to clear in order to fulfill your vision or take your land?

Here is God's belief in you - though it is a forest, you shall clear it.