Jesus has been made the "Perfect Leader" and He is able to lead us into our full salvation! Joshua took the second generation of "exodus Israelites" into Canaan and they possessed the land. They experienced their enemies being defeated. They experienced the promises of God being fulfilled on their behalf. Jesus is our New Covenant Joshua and as we follow Him He will take us into "Christlikeness" and we too will see our enemies defeated and we will partake in the divine "Jesus Nature".

How do we complete the spiritual race before us?

Heb 12:2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish. He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward. Now he is seated in the place of highest honor beside Gods throne in heaven.

New Covenant life is not a question of trying harder, of some how digging down deeper into the old Adamic nature in hopes of finding the recourses to live pleasing to the Lord. The "old self" does not the ability to please God! The Old Covenant proved that even with the God given knowledge of His will the human nature simply does not have the power to do God's will nor live in a "love relationship" with Him.

New Covenant life is not about human abilities or inabilities! It's all about Jesus' abilities! It's about His life released in the Believer's life by the power of the resident Holy Spirit! The fruit that glorifies God is that which is produced by the Holy Spirit as revealed in Gal.5:22,23. The fruits of righteousness that are an integral part the the true Believer's life are those produced by the Lord Jesus Christ. Ph 1:11  May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation-those good things that are produced in your life by Jesus Christ-for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
It's time to turn away from ourselves and look to Jesus for everything we need to glory Him. We've been given it! 2P.1:2-4  May God bless you with his special favor and wonderful peace as you come to know Jesus, our God and Lord, better and better. 3  As we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. He has called us to receive his own glory and goodness! 4  And by that same mighty power, he has given us all of his rich and wonderful promises. He has promised that you will escape the decadence all around you caused by evil desires and that you will share in his divine nature.


The first generation of "Exodus Israelites" failed to experience God's best because they chose to look at things through human understanding. This resulted in them wandering through the wilderness of doubt, fear and unbelief for the next forty. This remains as a vivid picture of what looking to humanism will do for us. We don't look to self! We look to Jesus! He is the One capable of taking us into our New Covenant Promised Land! Lets blend our voices with those of Joshua and Caleb! It can happen because of who Jesus is and what He has done for us!


Let's not let one drop of Jesus blood to have been shed in vain on our behalf. Let's be reminded of how Mary responded when told that she would bare the Christ child. "So let it be done unto us as you have spoken Lord! Let your vision for your lives be realized! May you be thrilled and fully satisfied with what you are able to do in and through our lives in this generation. Be glorified Lord Jesus!