Chapter 121 of 1163

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Seeing the opportunities (1–25). The people thought they should spy out the land before conquering it, and Moses let them do it (Deut. 1:19–25). God had already told them what the Promised Land was like, so why did they have to investigate? Faith takes God at His word and needs no other evidence (Heb. 11:1). The spies discovered that the land was indeed all that God had promised it to be.

Seeing the obstacles (26–33). Ten spies emphasized the obstacles instead of the opportunities and concluded that Israel was too weak to conquer the enemy. They walked by sight and not by faith. The people of the land were giants, the city walls were high, and the men felt like grasshoppers! Unbelief blinds you to God’s greatness and magnifies your own weakness.

Seeing the Lord (30). Caleb was a man of faith who didn’t worry about the size of the problem because he trusted a great God. The important question in life is not, “How big is the problem?” or “How big am I?” The major question is, “How big is my God?” The Lord saw the Canaanites as grasshoppers (Isa. 40:22), but the unbelieving spies were not looking at the situation from God’s point of view. When you walk by faith, the future is your friend, and every enemy is defeated.

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