Numbers
13 Misinterpretation of Facts
If
you read Deuteronomy 1:20-22 you will see that it was not God’s idea to send
spies into the land of Canaan. God was leading Israel to the land He had
promised them. Their request for spies
reveals a lack of faith on their part.
They are not trusting Him: God had already been in and spied out the
land. He knew all about it. He would not have sent them into the land
unless He knew they could take it. When
they finally did enter the land, the giants were still there; all the
difficulties and problems were still there, yet they took the land. “Commit
your way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:5.
God
yields to the desires of His people. He
permitted Israel to send spies into the land. We are told the places they went
and that they saw the children of Anak. They were giants. They brought back
samples of the fruit to show what a wonderful land it was. The report confirmed that God was accurate
when He said it was a land flowing with milk and honey. They were right in their facts, but they
misinterpreted the facts. There were giants, but the men thought they were
bigger than they were. They looked
bigger because these men were afraid.
They forgot to include God! They
compared themselves to the giants as grasshoppers. That is the way they saw themselves. If only they had put God in, what a different
story it would have been.
The
minority report was “Let’s go in and take the land. We are well able to do it.” The majority report was “We can’t do
it.” The people believed the majority
report. They didn’t believe they could
take the land because they lacked faith in God.
When
we are forced with storms in our life, with problems we perceive to be too big
for us to handle, we must turn it over to God.
He knows all about it and knows how to handle it. Don’t tell God how big
the storm is, tell the storm how big your God is. Relax God is taking care of
everything.
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read the chapter listed so that you can understand God’s Word better.
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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