Speaker 1: I want to jump in tonight to the message and a few weeks ago we kicked off this series called Lessons from Joshua.
Speaker 1: Everybody say Lessons from Joshua and we're really looking at this crossover year.
Speaker 1: We're doing a deep dive into the book of Joshua, the life of Joshua and really figuring out how this book applies to our life.
Speaker 1: And Pastor Jeremy last week talked about this idea of desert living versus promised land living.
Speaker 1: How many of y'all remember that message last week?
Speaker 1: It was phenomenal and we talked about.
Speaker 1: Pastor Jeremy talked about just the difference in the Israelites when they lived and they were walking through the desert versus when they came to the promised land.
Speaker 1: And in the desert, god provided everything right, god provided all of it.
Speaker 1: Shoes didn't wear out, none of that.
Speaker 1: But then they get into the promised land and guess what happens when they get into the promised land?
Speaker 1: It takes some work right, it takes some effort on their part.
Speaker 1: And Pastor Jeremy last week talked about how what God was doing in the Israelites was really developing their faith so that they would get out of this baby Christian phase and into a mature.
Speaker 1: God wants sons and daughters, not baby Christians, and that is the difference between the desert living and the promised land is that God is maturing our faith.
Speaker 1: He doesn't just want consumers, he wants contributors, right, and so tonight we're going to look into a little bit, somewhat of a follow-up from last week's message.
Speaker 1: But tonight I want to give you this.
Speaker 1: I want to give you if you're taking notes tonight on the app, you can follow along there I want to give you five major shifts that the Israelites had to make as they entered the Promised Land.
Speaker 1: Five major shifts that the Israelites had to make as they entered the promised land.
Speaker 1: Now we need to kind of just be reminded of what the promised land was.
Speaker 1: Okay, so the promised land was more than just a piece of territory.
Speaker 1: The promised land was more than just an area that they were meant to conquer, that they were meant to take over.
Speaker 1: It was symbolic of so much more than that.
Speaker 1: How many of y'all realize that the promised land was symbolic of some things?
Speaker 1: Okay, the promised land was symbolic of new beginnings.
Speaker 1: Right, it was a brand new start for the Israelites.
Speaker 1: They weren't in the desert anymore, they weren't walking in circles.
Speaker 1: It was a brand new start, right, not only was it a new beginnings, it was also.
Speaker 1: It symbolizes the fulfillment of God's promises for his people, right.
Speaker 1: So it was new beginnings, it was the fulfillment of promises, and then also, it was a place of rest and inheritance.
Speaker 1: It was a place of rest and it was a place of inheritance.
Speaker 1: Okay, now here's why I tell you all that Because if we don't know what those things are and what they symbolized, we'll miss why the Israelites needed to make these five shifts when they went into the promised land.
Speaker 1: Okay, so we talked last week, desert living versus promised land living.
Speaker 1: Now we're going to look at, as they're entering into the promised land.
Speaker 1: Here's five major shifts that they needed to make.
Speaker 1: Number one I'm going to jump right into it.
Speaker 1: Number one was the mentality shift.
Speaker 1: Everybody say the mentality shift from survival, from survival mode, to taking territory, from survival mode to taking territory.
Speaker 1: Now I want to read you Deuteronomy, chapter 1.
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy there's a few verses in Deuteronomy 1 where it lays out God's plan for the Israelites to take the land.
Speaker 1: And I want to read you this because this is a huge shift in the perspective of the Israelite people, how many know, even for us.
Speaker 1: All of these apply to our life.
Speaker 1: As we're stepping into the new thing, as we're crossing over, there's a mentality shift that God has to do in our life.
Speaker 1: There's some rewiring God has to do in our hearts and in our minds, and this is the same thing that he was having to do for the Israelites here in Deuteronomy, chapter 1, I want you to see this.
Speaker 1: And he says see, I have given you this land.
Speaker 1: Go in and take possession.
Speaker 1: Everybody say take possession of the land.
Speaker 1: Okay, go in and take possession.
Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but that's not passive language, that's aggressive language.
Speaker 1: That's not.
Speaker 1: I'm stepping back and taking whatever comes at me.
Speaker 1: That means I'm going.
Speaker 1: God's telling me to go and take the land right.
Speaker 1: So go in, take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give to your fathers, abraham, isaac and Jacob, to their descendants after them.
Speaker 1: So God tells them it's not about survival anymore, it's about you going and taking what God has promised you.
Speaker 1: So in the wilderness, the Israelites, they just simply survived.
Speaker 1: It was just day-to-day living.
Speaker 1: It was.
Speaker 1: They just wanted to get through that day.
Speaker 1: That was their life.
Speaker 1: They got through Tuesday.
Speaker 1: They woke up Guess what?
Speaker 1: They got through Wednesday.
Speaker 1: They woke up on Wednesday, lived the day, and they just went day to day in survival mode.
Speaker 1: But can I just remind us tonight where this applies to our life is that God has not created us, saved us and redeemed us to just simply live in survival mode.
Speaker 1: Right, he saved us, redeemed us, called us so that we could be a people like the Israelites that take back ground, right, that are pushing back darkness.
Speaker 1: And their mentality was really shaped by two things.
Speaker 1: It was shaped by the Israelites' mentality was kind of shaped by this scarcity mindset that we don't have enough.
Speaker 1: And then it was also they were just depending on the Lord to drop manna, to drop quail from the sky, right.
Speaker 1: So they had to go from survival mode to then taking territory, but that's in the wilderness.
Speaker 1: And then here's what happens in the promised land is they had to shift from survival to strategy.
Speaker 1: I know God has called us to be a strategic people.
Speaker 1: Revival to strategy.
Speaker 1: I know God has called us to be a strategic people Instead of just getting by.
Speaker 1: They were called to take possession of the land.
Speaker 1: They were called to build, they were called to establish their future in that land.
Speaker 1: Right, and I want you to see this, guys, is that the promised land?
Speaker 1: What they were called to step into and what we see them step into in the book of Joshua is really a picture of the life that God has for us.
Speaker 1: It is the more that God has for us.
Speaker 1: It is the crossing over, right.
Speaker 1: Maybe last year was the year that.
Speaker 1: If you could paint it in your mind, it was the year that you just kind of wandered in the desert, right.
Speaker 1: You just kind of were in somewhat survival mode, just making it from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday just kind of floating around.
Speaker 1: But I believe that God's moving us as a people, as a church, in our mindsets, from survival to now.
Speaker 1: We're taking territory, amen, we're pushing back darkness.
Speaker 1: So the promised land is a picture of the life that God's called us to live.
Speaker 1: Okay, a couple thoughts on this.
Speaker 1: Number one is that God wanted to get the Israelites out of this survival mode, and he also wants to get us out of survival mode.
Speaker 1: But also, is that thriving in the promised land would take work by the Israelites?
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 1: Anything that we do that thrives takes work.
Speaker 1: A thriving marriage takes work.
Speaker 1: A thriving business takes work.
Speaker 1: Anything that you're going to do in your life, it just takes work if it's going to thrive.
Speaker 1: And this is what God was telling them in Deuteronomy, chapter 1, in verse 8 and then in verse 15.
Speaker 1: He's telling them you're going to go take possession, but it's also going to take a whole lot of work, right?
Speaker 1: So this is the mentality shift that God calls them to.
Speaker 1: Number two is the faith shift.
Speaker 1: Number one was calls them to.
Speaker 1: Number two is the faith shift.
Speaker 1: Number one was the mentality shift.
Speaker 1: Number two is the faith shift, and this is a big one for the Israelites, because it was from daily miracles to daily trust, from daily miracles to daily trust.
Speaker 1: Now, let me kind of break this down, because in the wilderness, here's what happened, we see, for 40 years.
Speaker 1: Because God was so good, he provided for them and there were visible miracles, constant miracles for his people, right?
Speaker 1: So they're walking around and every single day there's daily miracles.
Speaker 1: And every single day there's daily miracles.
Speaker 1: Manna rained down I want you to see this in Exodus, chapter 16, verse 4.
Speaker 1: Then the Lord said to Moses look, I'm going to rain down food from heaven for you.
Speaker 1: You're not even going to have to work for it.
Speaker 1: Each day, the people can go out and they can pick as much food as they need for the day, and I'll test them to see in this whether or not they follow my instructions.
Speaker 1: So every day, god was just raining these miracles down.
Speaker 1: Water gushed from rocks.
Speaker 1: They followed a cloud by day and fire by night.
Speaker 1: How many know that's a miracle?
Speaker 1: That's a huge miracle.
Speaker 1: Their clothes did not wear out.
Speaker 1: Pastor Jeremy talked about this last week in Deuteronomy 8, verse 4.
Speaker 1: For 40 years, this may be the biggest miracle of all of them that their clothes didn't wear out and their feet didn't blister.
Speaker 1: I can't keep my kids' shoes right for two weeks.
Speaker 1: Any parents attest to that.
Speaker 1: For 40 years their clothes didn't wear out, their shoes didn't blister, their feet didn't swell.
Speaker 1: So it's in the wilderness that God is giving them these daily miracles.
Speaker 1: But I want you to see, because there's a shift that happens in the promised land for them.
Speaker 1: In the promised land, god's provision was now woven into this natural process.
Speaker 1: What does that mean?
Speaker 1: That means if they wanted food in the promised land, it had to be put into the ground, it had to be watered, the sun had to hit it, the seasons had to be right.
Speaker 1: There was no manna falling from the sky anymore.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, in Joshua, chapter 5, it's a really important verse as they were crossing from the desert land.
Speaker 1: They've crossed over the Jordan.
Speaker 1: Here's what it says in Joshua, chapter 5.
Speaker 1: This is a really, really interesting verse.
Speaker 1: It says no manna appeared the day they first ate from the crops of the land and it was never seen again.
Speaker 1: It was never seen again.
Speaker 1: So they entered the promised land and the miracles falling from the sky weren't there.
Speaker 1: There was no more water gushing from rocks, there was no more cloud by day and fire by night.
Speaker 1: What does that mean?
Speaker 1: That means that God was trying to show his people.
Speaker 1: You're going to have to trust me for what you have.
Speaker 1: You're going to have to move from it's just there and you just get it, you just pop outside your tent and there's the food to now.
Speaker 1: You're going to have to work the ground and trust me that I'm going to provide.
Speaker 1: This was a huge faith shift for the Israelites.
Speaker 1: I can just even imagine the first time that they had to plant in the ground, that they had to put seed in the ground and they had to watch and see if it would grow, and then the rain comes and then they see the harvest of what they planted.
Speaker 1: I believe that was probably a faith building moment for them, because they'd never had to do that before.
Speaker 1: They didn't have to do that in the desert, it was just there.
Speaker 1: Now, in the promised land, god was teaching them.
Speaker 1: You will have to trust me, and I believe that as we're crossing over and we're moving from desert living to promised land living, it's going to take a whole other level of trust that we've never had before.
Speaker 1: Right, so this is the faith test for us.
Speaker 1: The faith isn't just about seeing the miracles.
Speaker 1: It's about trusting God that what he's doing is working okay.
Speaker 1: So we got the faith test.
Speaker 1: We got the faith shift.
Speaker 1: Number three is that we have the heart shift.
Speaker 1: This is a big one for the Israelites the heart shift from complaining to conquering, from complaining to conquering.
Speaker 1: For us to step into a new season in your life.
Speaker 1: Just kind of personalize this for you.
Speaker 1: The new thing that you feel like God is calling you to step into, the new thing that you feel like God is calling you to step into, it's going to require God rewiring our heart and God rewiring the way that not only do we see things, but the way that we say things as well.
Speaker 1: Can I just remind us tonight that our heart and our mouth are connected?
Speaker 1: Can I just remind us tonight that our heart and our mouth are connected.
Speaker 1: Your heart and your mouth are so connected you can't speak complaining words and conquering words at the same time.
Speaker 1: You just can't do it.
Speaker 1: And here's what we know from the Israelites all throughout the 40 years is there was very little positive things that were said Like very little positive things.
Speaker 1: We see in Numbers, chapter 13, when Caleb and Joshua say we can, go, take the land, ten come back and say we can't, and the ten spread faster than the two.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 1: So all throughout the wilderness they are notorious for complaining, right.
Speaker 1: So they complained about their food.
Speaker 1: They complained about water.
Speaker 1: They complained about leadership.
Speaker 1: They just complained.
Speaker 1: But God was telling them there's a shift that they were gonna to have to make when they crossed over into the promised land, because they could not defeat the giants they were called to defeat with a complaining heart.
Speaker 1: They had to make this shift.
Speaker 1: So that was in the wilderness and in the promised land.
Speaker 1: God was really trying to shift their hearts.
Speaker 1: Complaining kept the previous generation in the desert.
Speaker 1: Complaining kept the previous generation that died back there.
Speaker 1: But courage is the thing that would bring the new generation in, right.
Speaker 1: So that's the heart shift and how many know we all need a heart shift.
Speaker 1: We all need a heart shift.
Speaker 1: Number four, number four.
Speaker 1: Number four is the heart shift.
Speaker 1: And how many know we all need a heart shift?
Speaker 1: We all need a heart shift.
Speaker 1: Number four, number four, number four is the legacy shift.
Speaker 1: We could spend all night just on this one.
Speaker 1: It's the legacy shift.
Speaker 1: This is from wanderers to pioneers, from wanderers to pioneers.
Speaker 1: Now here's what we see.
Speaker 1: One of the primary shifts that we see in the book of Joshua is that the land that they were called to conquer, the promised land, was more about the next generation than it was the previous generation.
Speaker 1: Here's what we see all throughout the book of Joshua is, you see, generational language.
Speaker 1: If you really go and you do a deep dive into the book of Joshua, it's all about the inheritance, it's all about the children, it's all about who would come next, not necessarily about what was, what was.
Speaker 1: And I think God was trying to relay to Joshua and the people that you're not just conquering the land for you, you're also conquering the land for the people behind you, right?
Speaker 1: How many know?
Speaker 1: We're fighting giants today so that our kids don't have to fight them.
Speaker 1: We're conquering things so that the people behind us don't have to conquer those things, and that's the legacy shift that joshua is trying to make from wanderers to pioneers.
Speaker 1: So in the wilderness, the first generation failed to enter the promised land because of disobedience, fear and unbelief.
Speaker 1: That's why they didn't enter.
Speaker 1: God made it abundantly clear you will not enter the promised land because of disobedience, fear and your unbelief.
Speaker 1: Okay, and then in Joshua, chapter 5, I want you to see this.
Speaker 1: If you're following the notes on Planning Center or you're writing these down, I want you to see this or you're writing these down.
Speaker 1: I want you to see this.
Speaker 1: In Joshua 5, verse 6, he sums up and he's telling us God's plan for this new generation that was coming into the promised land.
Speaker 1: This is in verse 6 of Joshua 5.
Speaker 1: He says the Israelites had moved about in the wilderness 40 years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died.
Speaker 1: And then here's what verse 7 says, verse 7.
Speaker 1: That's a really interesting verse.
Speaker 1: So he raised up their sons in their place and these were the ones that Joshua circumcised.
Speaker 1: So he was saying these are the next ones, these are the ones that are called to take the land in this promised land.
Speaker 1: So in the promised land, it was a new generation that was born, that they were watching the faith and obedience of Joshua and Caleb.
Speaker 1: And I don't know about you guys, but I want to be one that champions the next generation.
Speaker 1: I want to be one and I'm thankful that we're a church that says that they can do it instead of they can't do it Amen.
Speaker 1: That they can do it instead of they can't do it Amen.
Speaker 1: That's this whole legacy, this whole legacy shift that is happening in the life of Joshua.
Speaker 1: So they're crossing over.
Speaker 1: There's so many different times.
Speaker 1: We see in Joshua, chapter four, this is in verse six and seven.
Speaker 1: It's not on the screen but he says Joshua tells them as they're crossing over.
Speaker 1: He says this is to serve as a sign among you in the future, when your children ask, when your children ask, why are we doing this, you need to tell them.
Speaker 1: He says it again in verse 21,.
Speaker 1: Caleb talks about it in Joshua 14, that the inheritance was for the future generations.
Speaker 1: Number five, number five here's the last shift that we've got to make and then we're going to spend some time praying tonight.
Speaker 1: It's the spiritual shift.
Speaker 1: It's the spiritual shift and this was following the cloud to following his word, from following the cloud to following his word.
Speaker 1: We know for 40 years word from following the cloud to following his word.
Speaker 1: We know for 40 years cloud by day, fire by night.
Speaker 1: Cloud by day, fire by night.
Speaker 1: And the Israelites in the wilderness.
Speaker 1: They needed no roadmap because they just had the cloud.
Speaker 1: But in Exodus, chapter 13, it talks about how that they would follow this.
Speaker 1: But then, when they get to the promised land, it disappeared.
Speaker 1: But what did appear is that God gave them his word.
Speaker 1: Here's what it says in Joshua, chapter one, and we're going to pray in just a second.
Speaker 1: It says keep this book of the law always on your lips.
Speaker 1: Everybody say always on your lips, the law always on your lips.
Speaker 1: Everybody say always on your lips, meditate on it day and night so that you may be careful to do everything written in it, and then you'll be prosperous and successful.
Speaker 1: So God was telling them as you're entering into this promised land, there is a huge shift that there's not going to be a cloud, there's not going to be a fire.
Speaker 1: But I am giving you my word that there's not going to be a cloud, there's not going to be a fire, but I am giving you my word and how many know in today's world, we should be following his word more than ever.
Speaker 1: Amen.
Speaker 1: And it's a huge shift that the Israelites had to make that we also have to make on a daily basis Amen.
Speaker 1: I want to show you this we're going to spend just a few minutes praying tonight and I've got these prayer points on the screen for you, all of these different shifts, and I've added these certain prayers in here that over the next few minutes, I want us to pray and I want you to take some time tonight and I want you to identify this year.
Speaker 1: What are the main shifts that you feel like the Lord is calling you to make this year?
Speaker 1: Is it the mentality shift?
Speaker 1: Are you just kind of in survival mode?
Speaker 1: Is it the faith shift?
Speaker 1: Is God asking you to trust on a daily basis?
Speaker 1: Is it the complaining shift?
Speaker 1: Is it what's coming from your mouth, the legacy?
Speaker 1: Maybe you need to be praying more for the next generation kids, grandkids and then maybe it's just the spiritual shift, maybe it's his word.
Speaker 1: But I want us to spend just a few minutes and we're going to spend some time praying through these.
Speaker 1: I put a prayer there.
Speaker 1: You can pray that prayer or you can pray another prayer, but I want us to spend some time asking the Lord, god, what is the shift that you're calling me to make?
Speaker 1: How many of you?
Speaker 1: We've all got a shift that we need to make.
Speaker 1: Amen, will you just close your eyes and we're gonna turn some worship music on.
Speaker 1: Father, I thank you tonight for who you are.
Speaker 1: I thank you, god, that you are prompting in our heart and in our spirit tonight different shifts that we need to make.
Speaker 1: God, even as we've been listening to this Father, I pray, god, that you would, by the power of the Holy Spirit, stir within us changes that need to make this year, god, so that we really can cross over into the great things that you have for us.
Speaker 1: God, you have so many amazing things planned, but we've got to make certain shifts.
Speaker 1: Father, we love you.
Speaker 1: God will give you all the praise in Jesus name, amen.