Fighting for Our Inheritance

Joshua 12-14; 1 Corinthians 7 

“Those are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took…the territory of Og King of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan…”

Joshua 12:1, 4, 5

Og was a twelve foot tall giant, a Rephaite, or Anakite. He was part of a race of giants that were demonically possessed and ruled whatever territory they occupied. Moses, Joshua, and the Israelites defeated Og and claimed the high place of Mount Herman on the Golan Heights as their inheritance. Today, we, too, face giants. In Ephesians 6:12 we read, “…our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but, against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms”. These spiritual giants still oppose the kingdom of God and the people of God.

Will we, like Moses and Joshua, cooperate with God to see the high places of this earth and the spiritual giants defeated?

The battle is the Lords’; however we must obey his commands, share and live the Gospel, pray with authority, and live on mission with Jesus. Jesus came so the peoples of the world, still living under the domination and fear of spiritual giants, can be set free.

Will we join this mission?

“Lord Jesus, you are our deliverer, the One who came to set the nations free. I choose to join your mission, for your glory.”