Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you (Joshua 5:9).

Joshua and the people have just crossed the Jordan River. They are camped at Gilgal. But before they can proceed they are required to circumcise all the males since a whole new generation has grown up while living in the desert. This is where Israel, like a worm in a cocoon, is transformed. Circumcision is bloody, personal, and it exposes all that you are. God is saying that before you can become an army of God you must roll away the reproach of the Eqyptian way of life. You are no longer a slave to the ways of Egypt. It is a time to put aside the old way of life. Many are walking around as goats in sheep's clothes. A form of religion without the true source of truth and power.

Sin in our midst testifies against us. It keeps us in Egypt and never allows us to enter the Promised Land. Our lives must be circumcised in order for us to come out of Egypt into our own Promised Land of spiritual blessing with God. This transformation marks the first time Israel begins to taste the fruit of the Promised Land. No more manna from Heaven. The manna stopped the day after they were circumcised. There was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate produce from Canaan.

God is turning our plowshares into weapons of love to usher in a new generation of marketplace warriors. But we will not be effective if we have the reproach of sin in our lives. Ask God to show you what needs to be confessed this day so that no reproach exists. The cross of Jesus takes away all reproaches. Enter the Promised Land with power.