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Numbers chapter 13 verse 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 the setting behind this first is critical. God's people now

stand on the brink of the promised land, the land flowing with milk and honey, prosperous land that God has

promised to his people. That's why it's called the promised land. He said, it's yours for the taking and the spies have gone

out to scout out the land and they've come back saying it is indeed

prosperous it's awesome it's great land. But the majority of the

spies are saying we can't take it that the people are too big there's no way we can overcome them so we

just need to turn around and that's when Caleb steps up he quiets the people before Moses and says,

Let's go. We can take this land. We are well able, he says, to overcome it. Now, Caleb is not confident here

in himself or in the army for that matter look around at this point everybody's

scared to death he doesn't have a lot of confidence in them the point is he has

total confidence in God God is has promised this land if they'll just trust him. They can easily. They're well able to overcome the obstacles before them.

And so we see a picture of faith in Caleb.

Faith believes the word of God,

faith trusts, the power of God's word knowing that God, faith is willing to obey.

God's word knowing that God will show his power on our behalf.

So may we be men and women of faith like that.

May I be a man of faith like this.

May I believe God's word over and above everything. My own

thoughts, others thoughts, ideas, all the obstacles that might stand in the way when we are considering doing something

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