Don’t Settle Outside of the Promise
9/27/26 Susan Allen
Ps 103:1-KJV Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: (forget not: don’t be oblivious of, don’t mislay, or neglect to give attention to) (all His Benefits: acts of service, dealings, recompense, reward) 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
—— “Many are being tempted to settle outside of the Promise land”
Exodus 1 a new King rises over Egypt who is afraid of the Children of Israel. this new Pharoah makes God’s people slaves and puts them under harsh affliction . THEY are God’s people. They have covenant with God. But they are enslaved and living in affliction.
God calls Moses to bring them out and into the Land of Promise
Ex 5 Moses and Aaron “LET MY PEOPLE GO”
– even once freedom came and Moses led them OUT—they had to fight not to go back to it
they complain and FORGET ALL HIS BENEFITS
staying where you are IS EASIER in EFFORT but IT IS NOT a better LIFE.
NEVER settle for anything THAT IS NOT the health that GOD promised you
Do not get comfortable with sickness and weakness
CONTINUE to RESIST IT. CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. Keep the PROMISED LAND/God’s promises IN your MIND.
2 ½ tribes settled this side of the Jordan and didn’t enter in. (Numbers 32)
Num 33:50-ESV And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 51 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places. 53 And you shall take possession of the land (shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell therein) and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess (occupy and seize) it.
Numbers 34 YOU HAVE TO KNOW what is yours or you will certainly settle.
Josh 1:1 KJV- Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.6 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.7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.8 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.9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.
GOD GIVES THE TERRITORY, but WE TAKE POSSESSION of IT.
Do the next passages describe the health you dwell in or do you need to drive out some enemies to your health and take back some God given territory? Remember, don’t settle outside of the Promise
1 Peter 2:24 He personally bore my sins in His [own] body on the tree m [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that I might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds I have been healed. (I HAVE BEEN healed)
Isa 53:4-5 Surely my sicknesses he hath borne, And my pains — he hath carried them, And we — we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.5 And he is pierced for my transgressions, Bruised for my iniquities, The chastisement of my peace [is] on him, And by his bruise there is healing to me. (HE carried it! I don’t have to…I WON’T)
Mal 4:2 But unto those who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and leap like calves [released] from the stall and leap for joy. (He makes me ALIVE, active and FULL of energy)
Ex 23:25 And I shall serve the Lord my God, and he shall bless my bread, and my water; and He will take sickness away from the midst of me. (HE TAKES sickness from me)
3 John 2 I prosper and I am in health, even as my soul prospereth. (my soul prospers and health follows)
Isa 58:6-8 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward. ( I do the works of Christ and my health SPRINGS FORTH SPEEDILY)
Prov 16:24 My Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to my bones. (I will speak pleasant words and they are health to my bones and to my mind)
Prov 4:20-23 I attend to His words; I incline my ear unto His sayings. I do not let them depart from my eyes; I keep them in the midst of my heart. For they are life unto me, and health to all my flesh. I Keep my heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of my life. (HIS WORDS ARE LIFE TO ME AND HEALTH TO EVERY CELL OF MY BODY)
Prov 3:7-8 I will not be wise in mine own eyes: I fear the Lord, and depart from evil.8 It shall be health to my navel, and marrow to my bones. (THE FEAR & AWE OF THE LORD, IT BRINGS HEALTH to my VERY CORE and to the MARROW of my BONES)
Ps 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (HE IS MY HEALTH and it is evident in my countenance)
Ps 107:20-21 He sent His word and healed me, And delivered me from my destructions. Oh, that men would give thanks to my Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! (HE HEALED ME with HIS WORD so I make known His goodness and wonderful works with my words)
Luke 4:18-21 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.( HE has set me FREE)
Deut 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: (I CHOOSE LIFE)
Prov 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (I SPEAK LIFE and I LIVE)
Isa 40:28-28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (I have increased strength and energy)
James 5:14- Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (The effectual fervent prayer has been prayed in faith and the Lord has raised me up)
