Series: The Inheritance of the Saints
Enemies in the Land — Post 18 of 35
Driving Them Out
It wasn’t enough for Israel to enter the land—they had to drive out its enemies.
God warned them: “Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land… But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants… then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain… shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides.” (Numbers 33:52, 55)
What you don’t drive out will torment you.
Many believers tolerate what God told them to expel. Bitterness is allowed to linger. Secret sins are excused. Fleshly habits are indulged. Compromises are protected.
And so the land is not fully possessed.
You cannot make peace with what God has declared war against.
Some of these enemies have been in your life for years. Strongholds. Patterns. Wounds that became footholds. But there is power through Christ to pull them down.
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.” (2 Corinthians 10:4)
You drive them out by:
– Confession of sin
– Repentance of compromise
– Resistance through the Word
– Obedience even when it costs
Half-possession is not victory.
The Lord calls you to full deliverance—to possess every corner of your life with His presence.
Drive them out. Don’t delay.