We wanna welcome you to our church and wonderful word of God at People's Valley Baptist Church. For the next few minutes, we'll be taking the word of God and sharing our blessings with you into your homes. Please come and join us and worship with us at People's Valley Baptist Church, located at 68 Ledford Lane, Cartersville, Georgia. May God bless you as we go in to the precious Word of God. God's people must affirm and they must invest in the next generation. Most people understand the value of mentoring others, but the problem is we don't do it. Our excuses range from it's easier to do it myself and I don't have time or I can do a better job. Sometimes we look at our pride and we want to impress people with our hard work, but we look and we realize that In the book of Numbers, chapter 27, we look at a time where there is the preparation for the march into the promised land. the appointment of Joshua as the successor to Moses, we see a strong picture of God preparing the believer for death. Death is ininvitable. Every person dies, some sooner, some later, but the grim hand of death eventually comes, and scripture declares that death is a horrifying experience for any person who's not followed Jesus Christ. But scripture also declares that death is a glorious experience for the believer, for the person who has truly followed Christ. And I thank God, as they've experienced in the life of Moses, we look and we begin to realize as we look at Moses, though he's still physically strong, It comes time to dedicate a new leader because Moses is now 120 years old. According to Deuteronomy 31 verse 2 and Deuteronomy 34 verse 7, and the time had come for him to move off the scene. He had led the people of Israel faithfully for 40 years. He bared their burdens, he shared their victories, he taught them God's law, and God and Moses communed with each other as a friend with friend, and the Lord didn't hide anything from his servant. And so Moses and the land And verses 12 through 14, Moses and Aaron had not honored the Lord at Meribah. They weren't permitted to enter the promised land with a new generation. And so Moses repetitively asked God for permission to enter the promised land in Deuteronomy chapter 4, verses 23 down to verse 29. He said, take heed unto yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of anything, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. And when thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shalt have remained long in the land, and shalt corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of anything, and shalt do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger, I call heaven and earth the witness against you this day. He goes on, he's talking about all this, but he's talking about, but the Lord refused to relent. Not only must Moses be disciplined because of his pride and anger at Meribah, But he must not mar the type that would be expounded in the book of Hebrews. It isn't the law, Moses, that gives us our spiritual inheritance, but Jesus Christ. And so as we look and realize each and every one of us, after Moses delivered the message recorded in Deuteronomy, he was permitted to ascend to Mount Nebo, or Pisgah, in Abraham mountain range, and the view, the land that Israel would inherit. You can read about this over in Deuteronomy chapter 32 verses 48 down to verse 52 and Deuteronomy chapter 34 verses 1 through 4. Centuries later though, Moses and Elijah would stand in glory on the Mount of Transfiguration when they talked with Jesus about his impending death on the cross. According to Matthew chapter 17, Verses 1 through 8 a man. I'm glad that it told us in Matthew chapter 17 that after six days Jesus taketh Peter James and John his brother bringing them up into a high mountain apart and was Transfigured before them and his face did shine as the Sun and his raiment was white as the light and behold there's appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him now I'm glad that he finally made it to the promised land but Moses and Joshua In verses 15 through 23, many times during that long ministry, Moses had proved himself a true leader by being more concerned for the people than for himself. Twice God had offered to destroy the Jews and start a new nation with Moses, but Moses had refused. When we look and realize in Numbers chapter 14, verses 11 through 19, that he said, And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? And how long will it be ere they believe me? For all the signs which I have shewed among them, and I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and a mightier than they. And Moses said unto the Lord, Listen, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, for thou broughtest up his people in thy might from among them, and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land, for they have heard that thou, Lord, art among his people that thou art seen face. Now, he took up for them, even in Exodus chapter 32, verses 7 through 14, the Lord says, And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down, for thy people which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. And he goes on, he says, They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, and they have made them a molding calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. You know, all of this. But he goes on, he said, often he had interceded for the people when God's judgment was about to fall. He had been misunderstood, he had been criticized and nearly stoned, but he remained a faithful shepherd to his people. And though he was about to die, Moses didn't think about himself, but about the future of the nation. His great concern was that God would provide a spiritual leader for the people, and they were sheep. And so the sheep must have a shepherd. And so I'm glad that it was no surprise that Joshua was the man of God, chose to take Moses' place. Joshua had worked closely with Moses since the nation left Egypt. He had led the Jewish army in defeating the Amalekites in Exodus 17. He ministered as Moses' servant, amen, and even going up to Sinai with Moses when God God gave the law, and as one of the twelve spies, he joined with Caleb in encouraging the people to enter the land. He was filled with the spirit, and he was disciplined in the rigors of Egyptian slavery and the wilderness march, and in every way. He was a perfect successor to Moses. Moses had received his call and commission in the loneliness of the Midianite wilderness in Exodus chapter three, but Joshua was commissioned publicly by Moses and Eliezer, the high priest. And Moses, listen, laid his hand on his successor and bestowed on him the authority God had given him. And Eleazar would use the urium and the thumbium to help Joshua determine the will of God. And in the weeks that followed, Moses gradually gave more responsibility to Joshua so that the people learned to respect him and obey him as God's chosen leader. Part of Moses' commissioning speech is found in Deuteronomy chapter 31 when he says, And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel, and he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day, and I can no more go out and come in. Also the Lord hath said unto thee, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan, and the Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy thee. In other words, he told them all of this, and God gave Joshua further encouragement in Joshua chapter 1 verses 1 through 9. Boy, I thank God, everything that we see of all the instructions that were given here were given at Sinai, amen. From the beginning of the national life, the secret of Israel's success was a relationship to the Lord characterized by faith and obedience, and the Jews were God's covenant people chosen by Him to do His will and ultimately bring the Redeemer into the world. And once Israel was settled in the land, they had to be careful to follow these instructions carefully, for they worshiped the Lord God Almighty. The pagan nations around them could invent their own forms of worship. But Israel had to bring the right sacrifice at the right time in the right way or the Lord would not bless them. And so some of the instructions given here had already been given at Sinai while others were new. The basis for their worship was the calendar of the special days outlined in Leviticus chapter 23. beginning with a weekly Sabbath and ending with the annual Feast of Tabernacles and the phrase sweet savor in the King James Version is used seven times in these two chapters Numbers chapter 28 verse 2 and verse 6 and verse 8 and 13 and Numbers chapter 29 verse 2 verse 6 and 8 and is translated listen It's an aroma pleasing to me. Boy, if that ain't good. In the NIV, each of the offerings had a different purpose to fulfill. But the ultimate goal was to please God, the Lord, and delight His heart. And God seeks for true worshipers, amen. And the ultimate goal was to please the Lord and delight His heart. And I'm glad that He delights in the worship and of loving His people. Now each and every one of us, when we look and realize the assignment is to go and wipe out the city, that it talks about, or excuse me, that it talks about each and every one of us as we go forward and begin to realize that God is wanting to do some great things in our lives, amen. And each and every one of us, amen, we begin to realize how powerful it is. But the brazen altar is one of the most powerful things. And when we begin to look, how God wants to take the wonderful Word of God and begin to take it and use it for His honor and glory, each and every one of us, as we go forward and realize that God is so good. God's better to us than we are our own selves, amen. And so each and every one of the things that we go through in this world out here, even in Numbers 26, Numbers 27, all the way down as chapter 26 begins with the section of the book of Numbers and the second census of Israel that had been taken 38 years earlier. And I'm glad each and every one of us, when we begin to look and realize of all the tribes of Israel, one of the greatest things of all time in the book of Numbers were God or Jehovah commissions. In Numbers chapter 27, as I talked about death, here is a strong picture of God's grace, His holiness, and His sovereignty. God told Moses to prepare for death. It was a picture of God preparing the believer for death. And I'm glad each and every one of us, when we do that, when we begin to look and realize that what God wants to do, amen, with all of us, Moses is told in Numbers chapter 27, verses 12 and 13, and the Lord said unto Moses, get thee up into this mount, Abram, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. And when thou hast seen it, thou also shall be gathered unto thy people. As Aaron thy brother was gathered. God told Moses to prepare for death. And the picture of God preparing the believer for death, Moses was an old man, 120 years old, a servant of God that had served people for almost 40 years. serving them faithfully and well and he had persevered to the end and now it was about time for him to leave this earth and go home to God and Moses had committed a terrible sin at Kadesh, a sin so terrible that he was not allowed and he was barred from entering the promised land and it will be seen in a point that to see is God's preparation for Moses' death because of his sin. Moses was heart sick. He was broken hearted. His heart was heavy, feeling deep pain, hurt, and regret. He was crushed and disappointed, sorrowful, humbled, and subdued. He was a bruised man, hurt, shamed, marked for life by his sin. His sin never left him. And it was always before his face and upon his mind. The servant had been so faithful through the 40 years in leading God's people through the desert wilderness, through some of the most difficult problems and hardships imaginable. But by the grace and appointment of God, he had taken over 2 million slaves, led them to freedom, had molded them into the very distinctive nation of the people of God who was set apart to be the followers of the only living and true God. But there came a day when he failed to control the passions of his flesh, committing a terrible sin before God and the people. And because of his sin, he had forfeited his right to enter the promised land, and he was not allowed to lead the people to their spiritual rest. He was not allowed to lead them through the victorious conquest of their enemies. He would live eternally with God, but his ultimate reward was affected. He had lost the privilege of seeing his dear people receive their inheritance. and in the promised land lost the privilege of seeing them enter their spiritual rest. The crushing blow never left Moses. It marked him every day for the rest of his life. And as he walked through each day, he felt the pain, the hurt, the regret with a heart that was broken, a heart that sensed his failure that was so deep. God knew the feeling of Moses. He knew exactly how he felt. God's heart went out to his dear servant, a servant who had been so faithful to the call of his commission. And yet, in this one instance, therefore, when it was time for God to take Moses home, God wanted to make his death a very special occasion, a precious time of communion and intimacy between him and his dear servant. God determined to do a very special thing for Moses, to give him a glimpse of the promised land. In mercy, God granted Moses a glimpse of the promised land. I thank God he said over, Moses is told of his death, but he says in Numbers 27 verse 12, And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this Mount Abram, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. And God told Moses to climb to the top of that particular mountain and survey the land which was given to the Israelites. And despite the terrible sin of Moses, God poured out His mercy and goodness upon Moses. And God showed him great love and compassion. And this dear servant was about ready to go home to heaven. And God wanted to be there for him. But before God took his dear servant home, God wanted to reassure and encourage him. His faith in the promised land was a living reality. God gave him a glimpse of the land, but just imagine the assurance that flowed through Moses' heart as he stood on top of the mountain. He stood there surveying the promised land, lying out before him, tears were running down. of brokenness poured out from his soul. And there lay before him the inheritance of the promised land, given by God so his dear people. And I tell you, Moses fell to his knees with a heart filled with emotions and sorrow and regret for his sin that was keeping him from a heart filled mixed emotion. Yes, sorrow and regret for his sin. But I'm going to tell you, he also felt joy and rejoicing at the promise of God that was soon becoming a living reality in their hearts and lives. And so here, God took him home. But I'm glad that that God let him cross over the Jordan and survey the promised land before he took him home, and I'm glad that God said no. Moses had sinned, therefore the justice and the judgment of God had to be executed, and his dear servant could not enter the promised land. God assured Moses that he would be gathered to his people, and it means that Moses would join all the believers who had gone before him, live with him eternally in the promised land of heaven, face to face with God. God was preparing his dear servant for the moment of death, the moment when he would transfer him from this earth into heaven, and in that moment, God wanted to be there for the servant And God's heart went out to him, embraced him with the feelings of warmth and tenderness and gentleness. And God reached out to prepare his dear servant for the fast approaching day of his death. He reached out the comfort and consoling to give him perfect assurance and comfort. Ain't you glad the death of a believer is a warm, tender, gentle, and touching experience? And because of Jesus Christ and His death upon the cross, Christ died for us. Because He died for us, we're to live forever, never dying. And when we come to that moment that is commonly called the time of death, quicker than the eye can blink, God transfers us from this world into his presence, and we never taste or experience death, and in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, that as we were on this earth, in the next moment of time, we're face-to-face with God, hallelujah, in heaven, and in one moment, we're in this world, in the physical dimension of being, and the next moment of time, we're in the spiritual world, in the spiritual dimension of being, just as God has prepared Moses. for heaven, given him perfect assurance and confidence. So God prepares us. When that moment comes, God will infuse within our beings the greatest assurance and confidence imaginable, yay, perfect assurance and confidence, and we're gonna live forever face to face with God in heaven. Boy, and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand, hallelujah. "'Let not your heart be troubled. "'You believe in God, believe also in me. "'In my Father's house are many mansions. "'If it were not so, I would have told you. "'I go to prepare a place for you, "'and if I go and prepare a place for you, "'I will come again and receive you unto myself, "'that where I am there you may be also.'" Oh, Paul said, "'To them who by patience, continuance, "'and well-doing seek for glory and honor "'of an immortality, eternal life.'" Ain't you glad? He says, for none of us liveth to himself, and no man doth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end, Christ both died and rose and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. Paul said in second Corinthians, for we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens. So I'm glad that every one of us, we can be confident and we can say, will and rather be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Because I'm glad as the Philippians talks about for me to live as Christ and to die as gain. Every one of us, as he said, for I'm in twixt between two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better. Each and every one of us, as we go down life's road, one of these days, death is coming, amen. But I'm glad in verses 14 through 17. that we begin to look and realize. He says in verse 14, For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes, that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin. And he asked God to appoint his successor. In verse 15, And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, in verse 16, Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation." And I'm glad that he goes on and he tells us in verse 17, he says, "...which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord Be not as sheep which have no shepherd. Oh, if that isn't good. I'll tell you, God reminded Moses why he could not enter the promised land. Amen. A strong picture of the holiness and justice of God against sin. Moses and Aaron were both guilty of the sins that covered in this passage. As it spells out, the first sin was disobedience. Moses disobeyed God's command in Numbers chapter 27 verse 14 he says, for ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zion in the strife of the congregation to sanctify me at the water before their eyes that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zion. And so remember the people needed water and God told Moses to walk over to the particular rock and call for water to gush out and the result would be a wonderful miracle. Water would pour out from the rock And another important command involved the people, Moses, was to call the people together so that they could be eyewitnesses of the event. They were to know beyond any question that it was God who was meeting their need. I slow down to emphasize that. God himself was providing for them, but Moses had disobeyed God, and Moses had done the exact opposite of what God had instructed, and so the first sin was disobedience. But Moses also had failed to honor God and failed to demonstrate His holiness before the people As I said in verse 14 of Numbers 27, Moses had disobeyed God in three ways. Moses had spoken to the people in anger instead of addressing the rock as commanded by God. That rock was Jesus Christ, a type of Jesus Christ. And in fact, he had lashed out at the people, calling them rebels. And Moses had not given God the full credit and the honor for providing the water, praise God, the living water of Christ. He took some of the credit himself, and in anger, he lashed out at the people, shouting, must we bring you water? By saying we, Moses was assuming some of the credit himself. And this was a serious offense to God, for God will not share his glory with any man. And so Moses struck the rock with his staff instead of speaking to it as God had commanded. And in fact, he was so angry that he struck the rock twice. God then told Moses in this passage that their servant had failed to honor God as holy before the eyes of the people, and Moses had failed to acknowledge God as the sole provider for his people. Moses had lost complete control of his emotions, becoming violently angry. He was acting ungodly, unrighteous, and completely out of control before the people, and he was doing anything but bringing honor and glory to our Heavenly Father. He was demonstrating the very opposite of God's holiness. Remember, Jehovah commissioned, and so he had degraded, torn down the image of God in the people's minds, desecrated the holiness of God, and Moses had committed a terrible sin of disobedience, and this was the reason Moses was disallowed and barred from entering the promised land. The holiness and justice of God against sin had to be executed, and the servant of God had gone too far in violating the holiness of God in the eyes of the people, and so he had to be judged and chastised. And then thirdly, Moses responded with a broken humility and deep concern for the people of God. In verses 15 through 17, Moses accepted the judgment of God, and he accepted the fact that he was now to be gathered to his people. The real character and the heart of the servant of God is clearly seen in what's happening next. He immediately began to pray for the sovereign Lord to appoint a successor and how did he address the Lord? The Lord the God of spirits of all mankind, he was acknowledging that God was the only living and true God, the great creator, the sustainer of all mankind, giver of all life, sovereign over all people, and the only God who could provide for his people. And if Moses was leaving the scene, another leader had to be raised up, another successor had to be appointed, and the people would desperately need a leader, a successor to replace Moses. And so without a leader, the people would be like sheep with no shepherd. Without a shepherd, they would be wandering about lost and scattered abroad. And God must give a shepherd to continue leading the people to the promised land. And that was the concern that gripped the heart of this aging, passing commissioned man of God, Moses. And so, we see the lesson for us here. God judges sin. His holiness and justice demand that He judge and chastise His people when they sin. The clear declaration of scripture of John 15, to every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh away, and every branch that beareth fruit, He purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit. And he says in 1 Corinthians, for this cause, many are weak and sickly among you, other words, believers, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. and ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children. My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loveth. He chastened and scourged every son whom he receiveth." That is Hebrews chapter 12, verses 5 and 6. You know what? John the Revelator says, as many as I love are rebuked and chastened, be zealous and therefore and repent. Every one of us, as the Psalmist said in Psalms 94, Thou shalt also consider in thy heart that as a man chastiseth his son, so the Lord thy God chastiseth thee. Blessed is the man whom thou chastest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law. And so I thank God. You know what? Believers must pray for God to raise up leaders, strong leaders who will serve God's people faithfully. That's the concern of Moses and it's the concern of the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ used the very comparison that Moses used in describing the minister as a shepherd. He said that people are a sheep without a shepherd, and God answers that prayer. He moves when His people pray. The challenge of the hour is for leaders and godly leaders, people who are sold out to Jesus Christ to meet the needs of the people that are desperately needed. God will raise up those leaders, amen. And so I'm glad Lastly, in verses 18 down to verse 23, we begin to realize and we see here that God instructed Moses to appoint Joshua as a successor. I'm glad Jehovah commissions and God instructed Moses to appoint Joshua as his successor. We see this when we look at the powerful Word of God, that it tells us, and the Lord said unto Moses in verse 18, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thy hand upon him, and set him before Eliezer the priest, and before all the congregation, and give him a charge in their sight. And thou, and verse 20, and thou shalt put some of thy honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. And verse 21, and he shall stand before Eliezer the priest who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord at his word shall thy go out and at his word they shall come in both he and all the children of Israel with him even all as he's talking about the word of God to each and every one of these in verse 21 that he tells us he says of Israel with him even all the congregation and he goes on in verse 22 and Moses did as the Lord commanded him and he took Joshua and sent him before Eliezer the priest and before all the congregation and lastly verse 23 and he laid his hands upon him and gave him a charge as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. Boy, I thank God. Joshua had been the one of the twelve spies who, years earlier, had spied out the land of Canaan. Along with Caleb, he had stood against the other ten spies, declaring Israel could march in and conquer the enemies of the promised land, and he had proven to be a strong believer in great promises of God, of strong courage and faith, and he soared ahead above others as leaders, and he was a man after God's own heart. and he was the choice of God, the follower and the footsteps of Moses. He was to be the leader that would take God's dear people into the promised land and give them their inheritance. Moses was to know that God's spirit was in Joshua and no man could lead God's people apart from the spirit of God. God had already placed his spirit in Joshua and the Holy Spirit was now controlling Joshua's life. And I'm glad that here we identify Joshua as the new leader and he was commissioned and the presence of the people and to call them all together to stand Joshua before the high priest in sight of everyone and he commissioned him publicly in verse 19 and assigned him a day-to-day authority and the authority was transferred gradually so the people would learn to follow him in verse 20. And so I'm glad that as we look at all of these things, Moses was to have Joshua approach God for the major decisions through the high priest, and Joshua did not have the same privilege that Moses had, that of approaching God in the tabernacle. Joshua had to approach God the same as everyone else, and that is through an appointed mediator, the Eleazar the priest. a symbol of Christ as our High Priest, and when Joshua had a decision to make, he was to go to the priest, and the priest was to seek God's will in his behalf. And so I'm glad he was to use the Uriam, which was the sacred lot that utilized in seeking God's will. Moses was to take Joshua over immediately, the command of the marching of the divisions, and I'm glad that as we look at all of these things, Joshua stood before Eliezer the High Priest and the entire assembly. in verses 22 and 23, and he laid his hands on him, and I'm glad this is an hour when leaders desperately are needed, and Christ himself, as we're coming up in a time of all of us going forth each and every day, when there's politicians in the White House that need Christ in their life, but we need laborers and leaders who will step forth and make themselves available to God and His service, and I hope and pray that each and every one of us, that God calls many, but there are few that are chosen. I thank God as all of us, as we go forward and begin to realize the things that God wants to do, Jehovah commissions us. And it's all about God's people must affirm and invest in the next generation. And so we see in verses 12 through 14, that Moses was facing death. We saw in verses 15 through 17 that they were looking to the future, amen. Moses was looking for the future and for another great leader such as Joshua. And I'm glad that effective leaders understand God's work is greater than one person, amen. And then in verses 18 down to verse 23, God provides Joshua, God chose Joshua, the spirit was in him, amen. And so I thank God each and every one of us as every one of us go forward each and every day and realize as followers of Christ that we actively listen for his call, knowing the Lord works through those who are available and willing to follow him wherever he may lead, amen. I'm glad that the authority transferred from Moses to Joshua and it's a reminder that God calls out leaders to lead the people and so I'm glad that all people must face the reality of death regardless of their influence. Godly leaders must focus on the future of God's work and God calls out people to lead to lead his people and to provide what is needed and lacking in all of our lives each and every day. And so I hope and pray that as we all go forward, that we realize that Jehovah is the one that commissions us. Jehovah is the one that gives us what we need. when we need it and in the time that we should have it. And so as I close out with a time of prayer, as we have been in the book of Numbers chapter 27. And we begin to realize that all of us, we've got to claim the land, the spiritual land that God has given us, amen. We've got to be able to claim that spiritual land, to seek God's wisdom and to learn the new truths, amen. But I thank God, he said, in order to see the land, Moses saw the promised land, but as afar as we know, he did not enter into it until he peered with Elijah. on the Mount of Transfiguration. Amen. The land of Canaan is a picture, not of heaven, but of the believers' inheritance in Christ in the heavenlies. A whole generation died and never saw the land. Ten of the spies saw the land for 40 days and then died in their unbelief. Moses saw the land but could not enter it. The new generation, along with Caleb and Joshua, entered the land and claimed their promised inheritance to which the group Belong they had not only to see the land, but they had to conquer the land you need to look and Spiritually see what God has in store for you in the future And you need to have that spiritual vision in order to inherit it, but you've got to be able to conquer the land That comes up against you with the enemies that are the inhabitants of this old fleshly nature always Moses's greatest concern was the people and not himself. And God gave him an assistant by the name of Joshua to be the successor. And Joshua was God's great general who would conquer the land, give the people their inheritance, and he was a type of Jesus Christ because Joshua means Jehovah is salvation, who conquered our enemies for us and opened the way for us to claim all the blessings that God has for us. Father, Thank you for giving us what we need when we need it. You have given us to be able to see the land and to conquer the land, Father. And so, Father, each and every one of us, we realize that our testimony to believers are the fruit of the Spirit that you've given us, Father, that we're producing. I pray, God, that when we see the fruit in our life, that we, without doubt, the Holy Spirit is doing a great work. that each and every one of us as we're under your influence that Lord that we get closer and closer in our walk with the spirit to be able to look and realize and see the land that you've got that you want to bless us spiritually father and to conquer that land father and to go forward to be the ones that take it to the new and next generation to share our testimony with them all of this We thank God that you commissioned us and invest in us to be that one that would go into the next generation as we reflect on life and pay attention to the goals that you've set for us. Lord, help us to measure and deeply, passionately, invite the Spirit to do the work in our lives each and every day, and to develop our relationship with you, and to avoid all the misconceptions that we're filled with the Spirit of God, that it can give us the spiritual signs to be able to go forward, to increase us in our faith, our hope, and our love, and make a personal transformation in all of our lives, as you commission us each and every day, in Jesus' marvelous mighty name.