What does it mean when God says arise and take the land?

In Joshua 1, we see the famous passage where it starts by saying Moses died and now, the place of leadership is passes on to Joshua. He is given the command by God to take the people and cross the River Jordan so that they will be able to enter the land the Lord is about to give them. Mighty task. And God says that He will be with Him, that He will lead Him and no enemies of Joshua will be able to stand againts him, and wherever his feet takes him, God shall give it to him. Mighty mighty promise!

They had to send spies into Jericho to survey the land. The people then crossed the Jordan, led by Joshua. In Gilgal, the men underwent circumcision. At the end of the event, they celebrated Passover, when it was recorded the nation ate the produce of the land, instead of manna. For when they ate the food of Canaan (they land they're about to inherit), manna stopped. There is a time when God provides but there is also a time when God wants His people to inherit the land and all that is in it.

In Joshua 6 in recorded the famous event where the walls of Jericho fell. A week before the miracle was witnessed by the eyes of the men, God gave a command and a promise to Joshua. In verse 2 of chapter 6 God says to Joshua "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men." It goes on with intructions from God on how He wants the army organised. For six days and six nights, the men which includes prophets, the whole nation and the army of God marched around Jericho, without a word. But on the seventh day, the people of God shouted and the mighty walls of Jericho fell in front of them. And the people entered the city of Jericho.

What is interesting in the passage is how God gave the command to Joshua in verse 2. He started the sentence with the word "See". God wants us to see before we plan and do anything else. He doesn't want us to see with the eyes of the natural but the supernatural. How can we possess the land if we don't see? How can God use a man who can see in the natural but in blind in the supernatural? For he doesn't know where he's going! It goes on saying "See, I have delievered Jericho into your hands". wow! We are talking about the nation that is nationless. We are talking about a people who are used to eating manna and wandering in the wilderness for what seemed like all their life. Now, almost at the end of the journey, a flicker of a second before the Promise is fulfilled, God says to Joshua, He has already given the whole city and everything in it into their hands! I wonder what is going on in His head "Like, how on earth, God? The last time I checked their walls, it's made of stone!" I don't know what in going on in his head, but when God spoke, I'm sure Joshua felt a surge of adrenalin rising up in him. He is bloodthirsty and every part of him is eager to bring the nation into the land the Lord promised.

There are times when God says take the land, for I have given it to you. It doesn't mean take a walk in the park, look around, and take a few pictures. But when God says take the land, He means fight for it. For it belongs to you. Fight with every ounce of strength in you. Don't lay back and relax, 'cause now is the time to gird yourself for the fight of your life. Put on the armour of God and claim the land the Lord God has given you. It is yours if only you could do one thing: See.

Can you see the land He's given you?

"I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses... As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them."
- Joshua 1:3-7