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Numbers 13:25–30 KJV 1900

25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

The Voices

Caleb stilled the people: This is speaking of the obstacles that we have to overcome. What we are facing.

The negativity

The opposition

The doubt

Fear

All of the reasons that we can’t.

its never been done before

We don’t have the resources

The Vision

Let us go up at once and possess it. When the difficult is greater than the vision, it creates hopelessness. Which is what the other voices were guilty of. Their vision was on the inhabitants of Canaan and they lost hope. But when the vision is greater than the voices, it creates hope…expectation. We need greater faith. Our faith and our expectations must be greater than the difficulties.

The Victory

We are well able to overcome it. We are able to Conquer it (NLT)

Let me reach back to the vision. Let us go up at once.

There is only one reason that we linger. We doubt. We question. We are waiting for a more convenient and obvious time.

The 4 lepers…Why sit we here until we die.

Let us go up at once.