Faith or Fear?

We all must face things that seen impossible for us to do. If God is with us and we trust in him, then he will make the way.

The land of Canaan was a gift to Israel from the LORD.  They would need to claim it and the LORD would go before them.

Num 13:1  The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 

Num 13:2  “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.” 

Num 13:27  And they told him (Moses), “We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 

Num 13:28  However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. 

Num 13:30  But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”

Num 13:32  So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height. 

Only Joshua and Caleb had faith to go into the promised land of God. The others were fearful and did not believe that God would give them the land.  Because of their unbelief an entire generation would spend 40 years wandering in the wilderness until that generation had all died. Only Joshua and Caleb remained of their generation, They would enter the promised land with the people of the next generation.

We can learn from this to trust God, to have faith in his promises. We see if their is something we are to do and obey his will. Trust and obey, there is no other way. God has offered the free gift of forgiveness of sins and eternal life in God's family. This we receive through our faith in Jesus. Receive the gift of God for you. Do not be afraid.