And I will give unto
you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a sojourner,
all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. – Gen 17:8
In scriptures, “Canaan” is the general name given
to the whole land of Palestine west of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea down
to the Mediterranean. It’s also the land promised by God to Abraham and his
descendants in Gen 17:8.
Canaan is the original “land flowing with milk and honey” (Num 13:27; 14:7-8). In Dt 8:7-9
Moses described it as “a good land, a
land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and
hills; A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates;
a land of olive oil, and honey; A land in which you shall eat bread without
scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron,
and out of whose hills you may dig copper.” And in Dt 11:12, he says Canaan
is a land the LORD God cares about:
watching over it all year long.
As a result of these, Canaan has become a biblical metaphor for every good and perfect
promise God has for the Believer. Just like Abraham and his descendants, you
and I too have our own “Canaan” – promises made to us by God either by prophecy
or by a specific revelation from Scripture.
“Canaan” means different things to different
people. To one person, it’s a dream job, to another it’s a global ministry, to
yet another person it’s total healing and recovery or financial abundance;
still to another it’s blissful marriage.
Whatever your “Canaan” is, as long as it is
backed by the sure word of God, it’s possible and up for the taking. God’s
called you to hope, health and wellbeing. Regardless of where you are in life
right now, “Canaan” awaits; Let’s Go There.
AMEN.
More Blessings await
you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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