1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.” 3 So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.”
30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
31 BUT the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.
33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
Get Your But's Out The Way...It's Just A Test
The word But is used to indicate the impossibility of anything other than what is being stated.
The word but is a CONJUNCTION word that often cancels out everything that was previously stated.
If what you see and what you hear isn't in conjunction with God, then it's time to get your but's out of the way!
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." -Romans 1:17
"But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back." -Hebrews 10:38
So how do we get our but's out of the way and pass this test?
#1) Remember What God Said
Never allow what you see to speak louder than what you hear from God!
In dark seasons, remember what God said to you in the light!
#2) Remember Where God Has Bought You From.
When you remember where God has bought you from, you will have no doubt with where God is taking you to!
Allow your past victories to give you strength for your future battles!
#3) Remember That The Battle Is Not Yours.
Be still and know that I AM God. -Psalm 46:10
And Moses said to the people, Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to day: for the Egyptians who you have seen to day, you shall see them again no more for ever. The LORD shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. -Exodus 14:13-14
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, FOR HE ALREADY HAD IN MIND WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
-John 6:5-6
