WEDNESDAY DISH
God wanted to give the Children of Israel a piece of property. So he told Moses to send some spys out to check on it. This place was called Canaan. Moses called on 12 spies, one from each of the 12 tribes of Israel, to scope out the land. The men set out for Canaan and they were gone for 40 days. When they arrived, they saw the perfect piece of land. It was beautiful and had more food than they could have ever imagined! When they described it, they said that "it truly flows with milk and honey". It was so amazing that it took two men to carry back a vine of grapes! (When I think about this, I compare Canaan to my dream farm. Monster bucks all over the place, a couple of duck ponds, some flooded timber and a gorgeous cabin overlooking a huge pasture with some bad-to-the-bone horses on it.) There was just one big problem with this unbelievable land of Canaan...The people that lived there were enormous! There were basically just a bunch of Goliaths running around. The Israelites felt like grasshoppers compared to these dudes. In their minds, they had no shot at defeating these guys. They were so scared that they decided to send back a bad report to the Children of Israel, so that they wouldn't have to mess with defeating those giants.
Caleb and Johsua quickly reminded everyone that God had already promised this land to them and would deliver. There was NO need to worry, because those giants have nothing on The King! So lets roll out and take em' on!
This fires me up, because I struggle with something similar to this daily. I find myself constantly worrying about the future. I loose sleep over things that I have no control over. I worry about money, mortgage, health and basically where my family is going to be in the next couple of years. Why is it that I hang on to these worries??? As a child of the Living King, I am promised to be "taken care of". He will provide for me! I must always remember that God is in control and all I can do is follow His will for me closely and glorify Him, in all I do. The rest will fall into place. So, when we find ourselves to chicken to take on our "giants", remember the encouraging words from Caleb and Joshua!
Hope y'all have a good day- Blaine
3 comments:
Blaine- great reminder using Joshua and Caleb!
I can relate to losing sleep over future plans in my life. I want to have all the angles covered and sometimes get caught up believing that I can think my way through all problems! What's sad is that where I am now in life, I can remember trying to 'figure out' 7 months ago- and none of my cleverly formed thoughts even compared to the solution God came up with for my life. It comforts me to know this and challenges me to follow this.
Thanks again.
What a great story, I know I can definately apply that to my life. That is one of the things that is so hard to over come in professional sports - the lack of job security until you get a guaranteed contract. All that did for me was make me lose the pure love for the game that pushed me when I was younger. One thing is for sure, God has never left my family and I hungry. With that said I think we can all agree that anxiety is a waste of time. (Matthew 6:26)
How much faith do you really have if you are in constant worry? This is something I ask myself whenever I start going down that dark road.
-TEvans
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