The Lord says these words in this time and season:
"Many of My people have let go of their past. Many of My people have been determined to stand their ground in the face of the enemy. But NOW is My people's time to advance!"
The Lord says further:
"Your time to advance has come! Like Joshua who chose to let go of the past, and began to move forward! There will be new ways of doing things. There will be new ways of seeing things. Behold, I will do a new thing!"
People of God, as you let go of the past and begin to look forward, this is a key time to declare Isaiah 43:19 unto your life: 'Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert'! Notice it is the Lord who will do a new thing, and not us. Our part is to heed and move with Him!
One example of transitioning from the old to the new is found in the book of Joshua. Joshua 1:1-2 says, 'After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying: "Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, and go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving them..."'
Moses had paved the way for the people of the Lord, and through him, they were delivered from the stranglehold of the Pharaoh. But now was Joshua's time. And the Lord spoke to him to arise, and go over to take the Promised Land!
As we all know, change is never 'comfortable', because it involves re-adjustments (in the way we see or do things). But change is necessary, so that we can enter the new that God has prepared for us, just as He had prepared for Joshua!
A time of change is also a time of allowing God to bring renewal (in the way things are done, even in unprecedented ways). Change, of course, takes willingness and great courage. That's why the Lord spoke these words to Joshua as an assurance to him, "No man shall be able to stand before you... as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you... Only be strong and very courageous..." (Joshua 1:5-7)
Now, don't get me wrong. We don't change for the sake of changing. But we change when the Lord tells us so. As Joshua embraced change, the Lord assured him that He would not leave him nor forsake him. Joshua was to be strong and very courageous, because the Lord would show him many things he had not been taught before in Moses' days. Joshua in turn went on his three major military campaigns (central, south, and north) with great success (see Joshua chapters 6-11).
You see, the key to Joshua's great success was his willingness to embrace changes in strategies whenever the Lord instructed him to do so. And as Joshua heeded the Lord's instructions every step of the way, advancing as He advanced, there was no looking back, and the people of the Lord began to enter a time of greater blessings!
People of God, know that your Joshua time has come too! Don't miss this time and season! Let go of those past (whatever it may be), and declare that you too are entering a time of greater blessings!
