God’s Perspective
Numbers 13:27-30 (NKJV) “Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.” 30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Many know the story of the twelve men who went to the land of Canaan to spy out the land. This was the land that God promised to the Israelites. Moses selected one leader from the twelve tribes of Israel to go as a group for 40 days, then report what they saw. When they returned, all of them confirmed how beautiful and plentiful the land was. But ten of them said there was no way they could take the land because it was populated with giants. Only two of the men said they could conquer the land.
Numbers 13:33 (NKJV) “There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
Here is the question: How can twelve men all see the same thing, but they have a dissenting opinion? Ten of them said we (all 2 million of us) can’t take the land, but two of them said we could. Numbers 13:33 provides the answer. The second half of the verse says, “we were like grasshoppers in our own sight…” They saw themselves as small, weak, with no power, and no ability to defeat the giants. In other words, the answer is perspective.
If you look at problems through your own efforts, you will always have doubt and defeat. But if you look at any problem through God’s perspective, through His ability, then you will be victorious!
God parted the Red Sea to help the children of Israel escape the Egyptian army, fed them Manna (bread from Heaven), and caused millions of gallons of water to flow from a rock in the middle of the desert. God did the impossible in the eyes of the Israelites, but they still didn’t have enough faith in God to believe that God would defeat the giants in the land. And that is what angered God.
Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) “And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.”
Whenever a problem arises, say out loud, “Father God, I believe and have faith in you. There is no problem too great that you cannot solve. I place my total trust in you to guide me wherever you need me to go! In Jesus’ name, Amen!”
Be Blessed!
Ron
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