"And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Send men to spy out the land of Canaan....'" (Numbers 13:1, 2a)
When the Blessed Trinity sent the men to, "spy out the land," He did not send them to decide on the land. They were sent to see what the Good Shepherd, Jesus, had prepared for them. The Word translated, "spy out," in most translations can also be translated, "explore, investigate. "The Amplified Bible says, "explore and scout out...."
You and I are called in Jesus Christ to, "explore, investigate," what Jesus is doing in the Earth. We do not create; we discover. When, "The Word of God," Jesus, spoke to Moses about the Exodus, He did not speak in ifs; He spoke of whens, "So I have come down to deliver them...and to bring them up from that land...to the place of the Canaanites...." In other words, This is not up for a vote, nor is there any excuse for doubt. Today's reading also had this: "God is not a man, that He should lie....Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will he not make it good?" !!
I invite you to join me today in the great discovery of life, "explore the land," continue to, "investigate the land"; as the hymn writer declares, "....and it will surprise you what the Lord hath (already) done." Jesus Christ is already there in, "the land", in His Purposes for you and me. Most of the spies went in with the attitude of, "if." Joshua and Caleb went in with, "when."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I repent of any "ifs" I have ever had. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
