<TITLE>15. Par 43-45</TITLE>L-43 God told them way down in Egypt, "I give you that land." But He didn't say, "I'll go out there and sweep it all out, and garnish the houses, and hang up the curtains, and everything. You all just move in." No, no. They had to fight for every inch of ground they took. That's right, fighting, and take it by every--fight every inch. But He said, "Everywhere the soles of your foot land, that's possession." Footsteps is possession.
That's the same thing it is today. Divine healing belongs to us. The Holy Spirit belongs to us. It's our property, but you'll fight every inch of it. Yes, sir. But brother, footsteps is possession. Just keep fighting. Take it. The devil say, "The days of miracles is past."
Say, "You're a liar. God said He's the same yesterday, today, and forever." Take it over. Everywhere your foot steps, that's possession. That's right.

L-44 Joshua come right on across the river with them, camped out there. Oh, blind Bartimaeus said, "What if I would've lived in that day? Why, as soon as I seen them priests walking, and Joshua with that sword up in the air, walking across, why, I'd have went down there and said, 'Great Joshua, pray for me.' And I believe I'd have got my sight if that great man would've prayed for me. Sure. But alas, Joshua's gone, and God, I guess, is gone. And all the days of miracles is past, so our priest says. So I guess it's just hopeless. There's nothing I can do. So--hopeless."
And then he said, "You know what? After they compassed the walls around Jerusalem many days... One day Joshua, that great warrior, was taking a little walk out one afternoon, studying the strategy of how to take that walls of Jericho--how he was going to do it. He seen that scarlet streak hanging down of Rahab. He was going to spare that house--watching it. And all at once he looked, standing out there before him, and there stood another Man with His sword drawn. Joshua pulled out his sword, and he run to meet Him, challenged Him in a duel. He said, 'Are you for us, or are you for our enemies?'"
"He said, "I'm the captain of the host of the Lord. I'm the Lord's Captain of His host.' Joshua threw down his sword, took off his helmet, and fell at his feet. Blind Bartimaeus would've said, "Oh, if I would've lived in that day, I'd have run up to that Captain of the Lord's host, and I'd have spoke to him." Little did he know that that same Captain wasn't a hundred yards from him, coming right through the city then--the Captain of the Lord's host on his road through the city.

L-45 You know, it's when we begin to think about Him, that's when He appears. It's when Cleopas and them was thinking about Him when he appeared. It's always when... "Let the meditation of my heart and--and let all my thoughts, and let all my songs, let all that I am just meditate on Thee, Lord, day and night." That's the way to get God close to you. Quit thinking about what the Joneses is doing, and what you're going to do next week, and all this thing. Just keep--just let... "Fill my way every day with love as I walk with the heavenly dove. Let me go all the while with a song and a smile. Fill my way every day with love." That's right. Go right on down the road no matter what--school keeps or not. If it don't, we turn the teacher out, and just go right on believing on the Lord. See? Keep the meditations upon God. Think on these things. The Bible said, "If there be any praise, if there be any virtue, think on these things."


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