HOW TO POSSESS YOUR POSSESSIONS

HOW TO POSSESS YOUR POSESSIONS

Scripture: Joshua 1:6,8

Topic: How To Possess Your Possessions

Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Joshua 1:6, 8

Joshua was the army general who took the Promised Land. If you want to walk into your possession, study the life of Joshua and follow his example. Joshua was told to be strong and very courageous and to meditate on the Word of God, so as to enable him obey the Word of God. 

To “take your claims”, means to act on the Word of God. It means to act on your faith and thereby possess your possession. It takes courage to act on your faith. That is why God told Joshua to be strong and very courageous. It takes courage to do an altar call. It takes courage to pray for the sick. What about if no one is healed? That is where courage comes in. If you want financial prosperity, you must obey the Word of God, which tells us to work hard. Galatians 6:7 teaches us that we reap whatever we sow. Whatever you put in, you will reap either a thirty fold, a sixty fold, or a hundred fold. 

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

 Galatians 6:7

Proverbs 6:6-8 tells us that ants are prosperous. 

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."

Proverbs 6:6-8

They mind their own business and work without supervision. If you really want the financial prosperity that you are confessing, then you must decide to work without supervision - like the ant. Do you want to experience a financial breakthrough? It is not enough just to confess great things. You must obey the Word of God. You must obey the Word of God which instructs you to give your tithes and offerings regularly.

"Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come."

1 Corinthians 16:2

"BRING YE ALL THE TITHES into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."

Malachi 3:10

Without tithing and giving offerings, your confessions about prosperity will have no effect. When God decides to honour your confessions He will be looking for the seed that you have planted so that He can bless you supernaturally. But if there is no seed, what can God bless? He has nothing to work with. 

It is not enough to just name it and claim it. You must go a step further and obey the Word of God. That is how you take it! You must act on your faith. Every time you give money to God, it is an act of faith. We believe that your money is not a stone, it is a seed. It is going to germinate and bring forth much fruit. Generosity is honoured by the Lord. When God sees your acts of generosity which confirm your claim to prosperity, He will supernaturally pour out His blessings upon you.

"There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it

tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."

Proverbs 11:24,25

Are you confessing for a happy marriage? Then be courageous and obey the biblical instructions of marriage. Wives, you will receive many blessings because of your submission. Husbands, decide to love your wives practically. It is time to take a happy marriage by obeying the Word of God courageously. Take your miracle healing by acting on the Word of God! Believe that you have the healing and act as though you have it. If you need to take medicine in order to stay alive, then take it. But keep confessing the Word. There are times that the confessions in themselves, amount to an act of faith. God will honour your faith and prolong your life. 

Are you believing God for an anointed ministry? Confess it!  It is not enough to just speak. You must pray and study your Bible. A personal knowledge of God is the greatest key for anointing. Knowing God personally is something that many ministers lack. Do you listen to tapes? If you do, you are doing something right! But you need to go a step further and know God personally for yourself. You can have what you say, but you must act on your faith. Faith without works is dead faith. 

"What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith

save him?"

James 2:14

When Abraham stretched his hand to sacrifice Isaac, God saw one of the greatest acts of faith in human history. That act gave life to the promises and confessions of Abraham. Abraham’s faith came alive when he courageously obeyed the Lord. Decide to obey God. Fear is what will make you disobey. If you have faith in the Lord, you will obey what He tells you to do. When a confession has no confirming actions, it is actually a dead and useless claim. If you make a claim to prosperity, you must courageously go to work and work very hard.

You may have heard of the story of the man who walked across a tightrope that was tied over a waterfall. The tourists around cheered and clapped as the man performed this amazing feat. Next, he pushed a wheelbarrow across the same tightrope. Below him was a fall of several hundred feet. This man amazingly pushed the wheelbarrow successfully to the other side. He was met with cheers and declarations of support. He then asked the crowd, “Which of you believe that I could put a human being in the wheelbarrow and push him across this tight rope?” The whole crowd shouted in approval saying, “We believe and know that you can do it!” The tightrope walker then asked for one volunteer from the supportive crowd to sit in the wheelbarrow which he would push across the waterfall. There was a hush among the crowd and no one came forward. You see, no one in the crowd was prepared to act on his claims. This meant that their faith was actually dead and useless. If you do not back your confessions with positive actions, your faith will be a dead and useless item, worthy of the rubbish dump.

Christian friend, it is time to act on your faith. You have named it. You have claimed it. Now take it, in Jesus’ name!

Excerpt From;

How To Make Your Faith Work

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills