Arise & Cross Over

Five Signs You’re Entering a New Promised Season, and Five Steps to Acquire It

(Joshua 1:1-9)

Some transitions in God are not just a new chapter, they are a crossing over. A moment where yesterday’s grace cannot carry tomorrow’s assignment. In Joshua 1, the Lord speaks to Joshua at the edge of the Jordan and gives him a kingdom summons with one clear command: “Arise… and go over.”

If you’ve been sensing a shift, here are five signs you’re entering a promised season, and five steps to walk into it with clarity and courage.

1) The old is expiring

Sign: What used to fit no longer fits. What used to sustain you now feels heavy.
Step: Let it fully end.

God said, “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore… arise and go over.” (Joshua 1:2)
Notice the order: what was must close, so what is can open.

Sometimes the Lord won’t even speak the next instruction until you release the previous season. Not because He’s harsh, but because the old cannot cross over.

Two common anchors try to keep us stuck:

• Sentimental attachment to what was familiar
• Trust issues with what’s unfamiliar

But promised land faith looks like this: no Plan B, no secret door back.

2) Favor Begins to Shift in Your Direction

Sign: You begin to sense that the grace has changed. Doors open with less resistance. What once required striving now carries momentum.
Step: Favor is activated when you step forward and put your feet on what God promised.

God told Joshua, “Every place the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you.” (Joshua 1:3)
That is promised-land favor.

In wilderness seasons, you survive. In promised seasons, you inherit.
The land is given, but it’s accessed through obedience.

Some things didn’t work last season because it wasn’t time. But when the Spirit shifts the season, suddenly there is a green light. Don’t keep living by yesterday’s “no” when God has spoken a fresh “go.”

3) You feel a holy urgency not to waste the season

Sign: You can’t shake the sense that more is available, and you don’t want to leave it untouched.
Step: Pursue what’s still unpossessed.

Later, God tells Joshua, “There remains very much land yet to be possessed.” (Joshua 13:1)
Even Joshua could have left territory untouched.

This is a loving warning: You can be sincere and still stop short.
So make it your aim: no empty pages, no unexplored obedience, no unclaimed inheritance.

Ask the Lord: What have You already given me that I haven’t stepped into yet?

4) Courage is being demanded at a higher level

Sign: The call is bigger, the resistance is stronger, and comfort won’t carry you.
Step: Choose strength on purpose.

Three times God tells Joshua:
“Be strong and of good courage… do not be afraid.” (Joshua 1:6–7,9)

Promised land doesn’t mean easy land.
It means occupied land.
Which means courage is part of the inheritance.

The Lord is not just giving you territory, He’s building you into the kind of person who can steward it.

5) The Word is becoming the measuring line again

Sign: God keeps pulling you back to Scripture, to purity, to alignment.
Step: Meditate, speak, and do the Word.

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth… meditate in it day and night… then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)

Prosperity in Joshua 1 is not hype. It’s fruit that comes from alignment.
The pattern is simple and strong:

• Meditate (let it fill your inner world)
• Speak (keep it on your mouth)
• Do (turn revelation into obedience)

Promised-land people aren’t just inspired by the Word. They’re shaped by it.

Closing Encouragement

If you’re at the Jordan right now, hear the Lord’s heart:
Arise. Release what expired. Step into what’s been given. Be strong. Stay aligned.

God calls you forward because He is with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9)

Declaration

I arise in Jesus’ name. I release what has expired, and I step into what God has already given me. I receive strength and courage for this new season, and I align my life with His Word. I cross over and possess my promise. Amen.