Believing God Against All Odds (Numbers 14:24)

Today’s Bible Verse: "But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it." - (Numbers 14:24)

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Hello, thank you for listening to your daily bible verse, the podcast that examines one verse each day to learn more about God and His will for us. I'm your host, Jessica Van Roekel. And after this short word from our sponsor, we'll dive into today's Bible verse, Numbers 14:24.

Today's Bible verses Numbers 14:24. "but because my servant Caleb had a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it."

Two people can experience the beach but come back with differing perspectives. One might say it was too hot, and the other say it was just right. It was so relaxing to sit on the beach and watch the waves. All the stuff I had to carry me It's so stressful. It was fun to watch the people play in the waves. I felt too crowded there were too many people. I love the way sand fields in between my toes in the sand, it gets everywhere. I definitely recommend a beach vacation. Don't go it is not worth it. 

 Perspective matters and the power of opinion can influence our decision. differing perspectives is not a new concept. Adam and Eve differed on who to blame when they ate from the tree of knowledge. Jacob and Isa differed on their perspective of birthrights Moses sent a scouting party of 12 to investigate the Promised Land 10 came back with one report, and two came back with a different report. Numbers chapters 13 and 14 read like a fast paced fiction novel. Only this is a true account of the power of opinion and the belief systems people hold. It's important to remember the Israelites had been enslaved for 400 years where the mindset of inferiority overtook their belief in their powerful Yahweh. They experienced a miraculous emancipation and rescue. But it hadn't penetrated to their belief system yet. When God led them to the edge of the promised land, he instructed Moses to send a scouting party comprised of 12 leaders of the Israelites into Canaan to bring back a report about the land. They came back with glowing reports about a land full of goodness and fruitfulness, rich soil and beautiful crops. But then they described the people as great and mighty while they were small and insignificant. 10 of the leaders declared they could not take the land. Except for to Caleb and Joshua. These two men believed they could and told the people so but belief systems reveal themselves in times of change or crisis, and the people revealed how they saw themselves as insignificant and weak. Instead of believing God for the impossible, which he had proved to them time and time again. They accused God of plotting to harm them. They rejected God's plan and promise when they decided they would select a new leader to lead them back to Egypt to a life of slavery. Moses and Aaron tore their clothes as a sign of grief and dropped to the ground in prayer. Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes as well, but they attempted to convince the people to believe in God's power to do the impossible but the people wouldn't listen. Their fear and unbelief lead them to pick up stones to stone Joshua and Caleb. In the middle of this chaos, God appeared at the tentative meeting to speak to Moses, the dilemma between faith and unbelief came to a climax. What would the people believe? Would they quit grumbling and rebelling against the Lord and choose faithfulness and belief? 

 Caleb believed God in the face of overwhelming in disbelief. He was bold and courageous. Numbers 32:12 describes him as a man who wholeheartedly followed God. He allowed God to show him the way to take and how to conduct himself and Caleb filled up with God's Spirit and influence. This allowed him to say in Numbers 14:8-9 to his family and friends, if the Lord is pleased with us, He will lead us into the land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them. The Walk of Faith is hard, because it requires us to adopt a different perspective than those around us. We longed to be different and unique. But when it comes right down to it, we have a hard time standing alone. Caleb's stand of faith seemed futile before the people, but God rewarded his faith and belief. Faithfulness is a key priority to God. Believing God can keep his word and that he is fully trustworthy requires us to become like Caleb, in our spirits. We can be bold in faith in the face of disbelief. We can believe God when the odds are stacked against us. courage to stand firm when other people fail to believe God can be our stance. Let's choose to believe God with all our heart. 

Let's pray. Holy God, I thank you. Thank you for being powerful, and almighty able to do the impossible. God I pray that as we live our lives for you, Lord, that we will take the stance that believes you when all around us screams that we should believe otherwise. Lord, I love you And Lord, I give you my life and my heart. And I give you my belief. Lord, I believe you fill me up with your spirit and influence so that I live for you so that I do not waver in my belief that you are able to accomplish more than I can ever imagine. But I pray that as we step into today, Lord, that we would believe you that we would walk in faith that we would be courageous in our belief in you. In Jesus name, Amen.

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