"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.'" - Numbers 13:30
God, through Moses, delivered the nation of Israel from slavery in Egypt. He not only delivered them, but He did it in a way that was unmistakably Him (See Exodus 6-14). God had a plan for His people that required them to move so He set up leaders and performed miracles to get them into the right position.
By the time we get to the book of Numbers however, the Israelites have forgotten all of the amazing things that God did to get them there and began grumbling against their leader Moses. Because they were afraid of the next phase, most of the people said, "Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?" (Numbers 14:3)
Most of the people, that is, except Caleb! Caleb was cut from a different fabric. When he looked into the plan that God had for him, he saw the same hurdles and obstacles as everyone else, but he didn't respond in fear. Instead, he responded with revolutionary faith. He said, "We should go up and take possession of the land...".
Paul says in Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." When the calling that God places on you is clearly bigger than you...remember who you serve; He has already parted the Red Sea in your past and He might be leading you toward that obstacle so He can do it again.
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