Land of Inheritance

Joshua 24:28 Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance. We continue looking at our inheritance. The Israelites were given an inheritance by God, the land of Canaan, known as the Promised Land; the land of inheritance.

After the initial conquest by the Israelites, the land was allocated to the different tribes. These tribes consisted of various clans and families. Every family had their inheritance, but it had to be occupied and fully possessed. God temporarily allowed remnants of the original inhabitants to remain and occupy part of their given inheritance. He did this so that the land would not be overrun by wild animals and that the younger generation would continue to learn how to fight.

His promise was that when they engaged the enemy, they would succeed because He would fight for them. The onus on the Israelites was that they had to appropriate what had been promised.  For many of the Israelites,  their inheritance was never fully possessed because they refused to engage the enemy. They were either fearful of the enemy or had a complacent attitude.Many never enjoyed the fullness of God's promise. Worse still, their failure to walk in their inheritance opened the door to sin and apostasy.

What about us? Are we walking in all the promises that comes with our inheritance? or are we too fearful and complacent and settling for second best?