“So Joshua said to the Israelites: ‘How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?’” — Joshua 18:3
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God’s question to Israel in Joshua 18:3 (above) is confrontational — and timeless. The land had already been promised. Victory had already been declared. Yet the people were stalled. They were complacent, sitting on their hands. They were idle, putting off what God had clearly placed before them. At the root was something deeper — a subtle lack of belief. Not necessarily disbelief in God’s power, but uncertainty about whether what God promised truly belonged to them.
Waiting can look spiritual, but sometimes it’s simply avoidance. God never told Israel to wait — He told them to walk in it. Delay wasn’t humility; it was hesitation. The tragedy wasn’t that the land was unavailable, but that it remained unpossessed.
Then comes the shift: Let’s go! This is about mentality. To take possession means to lay hold of, to grasp firmly, even to seize with passion and conviction. It implies movement, courage and intentional follow-through. Faith is not passive. Belief that never moves is belief that never matures.
Joshua’s challenge forces us to ask: What has God already given me that I’m still praying about instead of stepping into? What promises am I postponing because fear feels safer than faith? Walking in what God has given you requires alignment — believing what God says about Himself and agreeing with what He says about you.
The land is there. The promise stands. Now it’s time to rise, step forward, and walk in it.
— Fleceia Comeaux, Houston Dash chaplain
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