Morning by Morning, February 16, 2026 — “Go In and Possess the Land”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Looking to You, help me begin every day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...
As I wait, this Word comes to mind:
“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you. You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you” (Deuteronomy 4:1-2).
Just as You set the land of Canaan before the Israelites in their physical journey, You set the life of the Spirit in the Kingdom of God before us in Christ on our spiritual journey.
Their physical journey is to teach us and train us as examples through their experiences to learn who You are and Whose we are on our spiritual journey, as Your Word says: “Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come” (1 Corinthians 10:11).
Their admonition and ours is to hold fast to the word of God, as we are led by the Spirit of God—not adding to it, nor taking away from it. But holding fast to Your truth and guidance as the authority for our lives, trusting You in obedience and faith.
If we do, we shall possess the land of our inheritance. If we do, we will live in the abundance of Your blessings and favor, in our generation and our generations to come.
By these examples and the principles they teach, by the power of Your grace at work within us to obey Your word as we’re led by Your Spirit, You continue to set before us—both personally and as a people—the choices of blessing or curse, life or death, in Your calling to us of obedience and faith:
“For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess” (Deuteronomy 28:11-16).
Apart from You, we can’t do any of that (John 15:5). And I praise You that we never have to be apart from You, as You abide in us and we abide in You (John 14:4). Your Spirit moves in our hearts that encourages us to desire what pleases You and empowers us to do what pleases You, that we may live in the Spirit and possess the Kingdom of God You’ve set before us while You advance it within us (Philippians 2:13; Romans 14:17; Luke 17:21).
Lord, let it be so in me and in every son and daughter of God who’s called by Your name, seeking to obey Your word at the leading of Your Spirit.
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen” (Ephesians 3:20-21). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be empowered to desire what pleases God and empowered to do what pleases Him, as He blesses you to go in and possess your inheritance in His Kingdom, obeying His word and led by His Spirit, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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