Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Fix Your Focus "But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. 'Let's go at once to take the land,' he said. 'We can certainly conquer it!'" (Numbers 13:30 NLT). The Israelites had arrived at the very brink of the Promised Land. Poised to enter in, they sent 12 spies to check things out. When the 12 spies returned, 10 gave a discouraging report. But two spies, Joshua and Caleb, gave an encouraging report. The problem with the spies who gave the majority report was that they didn't see God for who He is. They only saw problems. God, however, had promised He would give them the land—a land flowing with milk and honey. But they ignored what He said and put their eyes on circumstances, on obstacles, on challenges, on giants, and ultimately on defeat. They had a small God, thus they had big problems. They focused their attention on the obstacles rather than on their objective. They said, "But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!" (Numbers 13:28 NLT). Then there was the minority report from Joshua and Caleb. They saw the same obstacles, the same challenges. But they also saw opportunities and great victories if they went into the land. |
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