How do we take possession in the land? By increasing. When God told the Israelis to possess the land, He said, "I will not drive them out from before thee in one year... by little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be INCREASED, and inherit the land" (Exodus 23:30 and Deuteronomy 7:22-23).
If they drove out the enemy all at once, but did not have enough population to till the land and inhabit the cities, the wild beasts would take over and the land would become wild. It takes people to fill the land, and this is God's plan.
God told His people to INCREASE MIGHTILY (Deuteronomy 6:3). Even when the Jews were taken to Babylon as captives, God told them they must not diminish, but INCREASE (Jeremiah 29:6). Even in a land of captivity!
God's will is always for His people to increase and fill the land with the godly, revealing His love and truth.
God loves increase. Are we in line with God's plan?
Love from Nancy Campbell