March 27, 2023: We Are Well Able To Overcome!

"But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it." (Numbers 13:30, ESV)

God says of Caleb in Numbers 14:24, "that he has a different spirit and follows me fully." What does it take to have God say that of us? What did Caleb have that ten of the other spies did not have? 

He had a spirit of faith. Against all odds, he chose to believe God and trust Him with his life. This faith came from remembering what God did to Egypt, the most powerful empire. To have a different spirit requires that we have confidence in an all-powerful God.

Not only did Caleb have a spirit of faith, but he confessed and openly declared what he believed. Listen to these words, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it."  His faith called him to take action. James said it this way, "Faith without works is dead." Caleb did not have dead faith. He was ready to act.

Ten spies could not see God in their future because of unbelief. Faith is being able to see God in your future! Caleb could see God in his future. He could see his divine destiny and the destiny of Israel colliding in his future. Only God could bring this to pass! He knew that and trusted God. What would you have to change to be of a different spirit like Caleb?