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Lessons From The Spies (Numbers 13-14) What can we learn from the 12 spies that went into the land of Canaan? |
Lessons From The Spies (Numbers 13-14)
- Fear Is Blinding—They could see only the obstacles that were in their way and failed to see that God was with them and that He was ready to bless them as He had before.
- Fear may have been a motivating factor in the spies being sent (Deut. 1:19-23), and now fear stands in the way of Israel and the land God has promised them.
- Fear clouded their reasoning and showed their unbelief so that they could not enter the land (Num. 13:28-29, 31-33; Ps. 106:21-25; Heb. 3:19).
- Fear must not be allowed to have a similar impact on us today (Matt. 10:28; Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17-18; Heb. 4:1, 11).
- Faith Trusts In God And Acts On His Word—Caleb and Joshua provide a counter-example to the fear of the other spies. They were ready to take God at His word and do what He said—that was true faith on display, one that trusted God even though they had not yet seen it come to pass. (Heb. 11:6, 7, 13; John 20:29-31, 14:1-3; 2 Tim. 1:12-13; 2 Cor. 5:7).
- The Majority Is Not Always Right – These were honored men among the tribes of Israel and 10 out of 12 said they could not do it but all 10 were wrong! We should not listen to a thing simply because it is a popular opinion; the Bible is full of examples when the majority were wrong (Gen 6-9; 1 Kings 18; Matt. 7:13-14). May we investigate what is right and pursue it (Acts 17:11; 2 Tim. 4:2-4, 16-17).
