Cross Over - Buy The Field

The past two Sunday messages I have spoken were about Crossing Over into the New and Buying the Field.  At the beginning of any new year there is a desire to make  positive and Spirit-directed changes.  If we are honest and sincere, we evaluate and determine what worked well and what didn’t.  Since our perspective is limited, we often fall into the same patterns and repeat the last season carrying the same old feelings of failure into what was suppose to be a new season.

 The “Crossing Over” message had 25 points (observations) drawn from Joshua chapters 1-3. These are not Pastor Rodney’s ideas. They are directives, mandates, and promises to those that have gone through the desert and are ready to possess the land.  Here are a few bullet points:

• move by the direction of the Spirit (1:1)
• know your territory (1:4)
• be strong and courageous (1:6)
• move together to possess the land (1:13,14)
• build covenant relationships (2:14)
• pursue the presence (3:3)

Here was their result, and I believe it can be yours as well.

• You will stand in the middle of the miracle!
• You will demonstrate the power and purpose of God.
• You will authenticate that Jesus our Joshua is leading His church and your life by the power of the Spirit today!
• You will possess the land.

Jeremiah was instructed by the Lord in Jer. 32:6-15 to “buy the field”  even though it was an extremely difficult time in history. The Babylonians had carried many off into exile, and the city  was under siege.  It was not normal or easy...yet the prophet was instructed to do this as a sign that God would restore.  To me, the phrase “buy the field” is infused with hope, expectation and responsibility.  We live in uncertain days with increased tyranny, yet we must continue to have a mindset to possess the land and steward it for the glory of God in every season.

Jesus gave the parable of the man who found a treasure in the field; he hid the treasure in the field and went quickly to “buy the field.”  Like this man, our passion for the treasure we have discovered in Jesus stirs us to rise up, crossover, possess the land/buy the field and manage it for the glory of God.

Advance Freedom!

Pastor Rodney

Please see my blog for the complete set of notes.  The audio message “Buy the Field” is on the front page of our website.