PROMISED GROUND| TAKING GROUND| SEAN STEWART

Jericho had fallen, but the real danger was not the enemy outside it was the compromise inside. What was hidden in private weakened the whole community. A little silver, a little gold, something never meant to be carried, became trouble buried beneath a tent.

Yet the story does not end in trouble. At the cross, Christ carried what we tried to hide. He absorbed the consequence and turned judgment into hope. The stone that once symbolized defeat was rolled away in victory.

Taking ground is not about striving, it is about surrender. Not grasping, but trusting. Because sons and daughters do not seize the promise, they receive it.