Me too!

I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you— (Joshua 1:3 NLT)


As we speak, new words are constantly being added to the dictionary. There is actually an urban dictionary where modern words as used by the new generation are regularly added. One of the entries of the urban dictionary is the construction " Me too," a grammatical tool that denotes complete identification with another person's situation. You say "me too" when you want to show that what applies to another person, applies to you. For example, someone could say, " I have a Toyota" and you would say, "Me too" because you also have one. Today, the goal is to get you to begin to say " me too" when you come across the amazing promises in God's word.

God's promises are double-edged swords. One edge is powerful, valid and effective for the original receiver(s) and the other edge remaining a legal tender for others who put their trust in the same promises. They have no expiration dates. His promises are transferable geographically, generationally, and situationally. Because he is no respecter of persons, what he says to one he says to all everywhere. No matter who God made a promise to or for how long it had been made or where it was made, anyone, anywhere, at anytime, in similar situations that receives the same promises and demonstrates similar faith in it, will receive the benefit of the promise. His words are eternally potent. Because his words are covenants, they are everlasting. He packages in his promises both power for present time fulfillment and power for future inheritance.

In our text today, Moses's promise became Joshua's promise. It is an example of how when God makes his promises, because he sees both the past, present and the future all at once, as he speaks to one individual in a generation, he at the same time speaks to future generations that will come in contact with the promise.

See some more examples from scriptures. God made several promises to Abraham but while he was doing it, he simultaneously was making the same promises to Abraham's seed which was Jesus and all those who are now in him through salvation. When Jesus spoke to his disciples and made promises to them of what was going to be theirs, although he spoke to a few disciples, he was simultaneously speaking to disciples of future generations. When God was speaking to Jesus after his resurrection, he was speaking to all who would thereafter believe in Jesus and be united with him. God spoke to fathers like David and made the promises he gave them inheritances for their descendants.

How does this apply to you? Here it is. There are are thousands of promises in the word of God that God made to others before you at other times, in other places and in varying situations that are now yours for the taking. Will you take advantage of these promises? Will you go for them enthusiastically and appropriate them for your life? Make up your mind today to do so. Be imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises ( Heb 6:12). From today, when you come across a promise in the word, no matter to whom it was previously given, lift up your voice and excitedly declare, "me too! "


Decision of the Day

I understand that God's promises are eternal, transferable and without expiration. So from today, when I come across promises in the word, I will make them mine. I will say, " me too."