Numbers 13 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Numbers 13.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/num/13/1/s_130001

Meditate on verses 27-28 and 30.

 

Thus, they told him, and said, "We went into the land

where you sent us; and it certainly does flow

with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong,

 and the cities are fortified and very large;

 and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.”

Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses

 and said, "We should by all means go up and take

 possession of it, for we will surely overcome it."

 

With whom do you relate to more in this story — confident Caleb or the spineless spies?  The very first words of the story are from God’s lips, promising to give the Israelites this incredible land flowing with milk and honey (vs. 1-2).  Yet, after spying out the land, the men returned with their eyes fixed on giants instead of Almighty God.  The consequences of their faithless report were disastrous.

 

What has God told you to do that makes you squirm in fear because it requires you to do it in His strength and not your own?  Has God given you a vision for your family that is impossible to achieve without Him?  Ask God to make you a faith-filled, Christ-confident Caleb.  Ask Him to give you His perspective on His will for your life.  Do not make decisions based on fear; make them based on God’s promises, knowing nothing is too difficult for Him (Jeremiah 32:17).

 

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), pray Numbers 13:30 over yourself and those you love to be obedient to God’s commands.

 

“LORD, at Your command, _______ and I should by all

means go up and take possession of what You tell us,

for we will surely overcome it.

With Your power, Jesus~”

 

 

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell