all that negativity does not overwhelm or outdo or negate his positivity.

He's still positive.

He's still positive about your life and my life.

And I think about Christ.

Christ on the way to Calvary, where was his thoughts?

Not upon himself.

It wasn't on himself.

It wasn't on, oh, these nails are going to hurt. It wasn't on, this is going to be a painful experience. What was it on? What was it on? Thank you. I'm Dean Cullinane, and you're listening to Why They Did That,

a show that explores the motivations of biblical characters and how their choices can guide yours.

In season two, so many of you were just amazed by the episodes that we featured with Adam Patel.

Peering into one of King David's darkest yet least talked about experiences and then switching over to one of the most powerful testimonies you'll

ever hear. What a blessing. And he's back again this season with another deep and thoughtful

character study.

This time walking us through the life of Israel's most faithful of spies,

the great son of Jeffuna.

That's Caleb, for those of you that weren't sure.

Here at the end, after God has done so many miracles to lead them, you have the majority of the leaders coming back, speaking poison, if you will. They bring back this negative report and it almost immediately dampens the spirit of the whole nation of Israel. And in particular, what really stands out to me is the the type of thinking that takes place in this

story you have these 10 rulers who are thinking pessimistically they see the walls and they see

the giants and they come back we can't do it and it's and it's nothing but negativity spewing forth but then you have two people

in particular and i want to focus freely on caleb because the bible singles him out for a reason

and in verse 30 what you just read amidst the negativity he calms the people down because he sees

the effect that the negativity's happening.

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