Title: Choose God (1)
Series: The Choices We Make
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 1:1-6
In the book of Numbers (13th chapter) we're told that Moses - after leading Israel out of captivity in Egypt - had finally brought the people to edge of the Promised Land. And before they go it, God tells Moses to send 12 spies into the promised land. So they select 12 men to slip into Canaan, and when they come back - the land was everything God had promised. Numbers 13:27 tells us it was literally a land that "flows with milk and honey."
But there was a problem. Ten of the 12 spies told the people: "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.... The land, through which we have gone... is a land that devours its inhabitants... there we saw the Nephilim (giants), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."
Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?" And they said to one another, "Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt." Numbers 13:31-14:4
And God said - Fine. You don't want to go into the Land I promised you don't have to. You'll wander in the wilderness for 40 years and NOT ONE OF YOU will live to see the Promised Land. Only Joshua and Caleb would be allowed that privilege because they believed God's promise.
There's a children's song that tells that story: "Twelve men went to spy out Canaan, Ten were bad, two were good. What do you think they saw in Canaan? Ten were bad, two were good. Some saw giants, big and strong! Some saw grapes with clusters long. Some saw God was in it all. Ten were bad, two ...
Series: The Choices We Make
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 1:1-6
In the book of Numbers (13th chapter) we're told that Moses - after leading Israel out of captivity in Egypt - had finally brought the people to edge of the Promised Land. And before they go it, God tells Moses to send 12 spies into the promised land. So they select 12 men to slip into Canaan, and when they come back - the land was everything God had promised. Numbers 13:27 tells us it was literally a land that "flows with milk and honey."
But there was a problem. Ten of the 12 spies told the people: "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.... The land, through which we have gone... is a land that devours its inhabitants... there we saw the Nephilim (giants), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."
Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?" And they said to one another, "Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt." Numbers 13:31-14:4
And God said - Fine. You don't want to go into the Land I promised you don't have to. You'll wander in the wilderness for 40 years and NOT ONE OF YOU will live to see the Promised Land. Only Joshua and Caleb would be allowed that privilege because they believed God's promise.
There's a children's song that tells that story: "Twelve men went to spy out Canaan, Ten were bad, two were good. What do you think they saw in Canaan? Ten were bad, two were good. Some saw giants, big and strong! Some saw grapes with clusters long. Some saw God was in it all. Ten were bad, two ...
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