Numbers 13:26

Numbers 13:26 says, 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.  The spies returned and showed Moses and all the congregation of the people of Israel the fruit of the land as they gave their report.   This was undeniable proof that what God had promised them was true.  Verse twenty-seven adds, 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.  They then even told Moses that the land that they were sent to spy on, God's Promised Land for them, was flowing with milk and honey.  As we go through life as followers of Christ, we should see His promises to provide for us fulfilled.  Verse twenty-eight continues, 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.  Then, the spies said nevertheless.  This usually doesn't indicate that something good is going to be said.  The spies then started to tell of the strength of the cities and the people, including seeing giants, the sons of Anak, there.  As Christians, we too often focus on the size of our problems instead of the size of our God.  Verse twenty-nine concludes, 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. They then told of the various groups of people living in the land and where they were located.  The land was almost entirely populated.  In effect, they were saying that the land was all that God promised it to be, but that they would be unable to claim it.  How often do we fail to claim the promises of God because we see all the problems standing between Him and us?  Verse thirty declares, 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. Even as the other spies were talking about the impossibility of claiming the land, Caleb said they should go up at once and possess it.  No matter if the majority of the world tells us the impossibility of claiming something that God has promised us, starting with salvation through faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we need to be like Caleb and go ahead and claim it.  This is true of anything God promises us.  Verse thirty-one states, But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.  The other spies, except for Joshua as we know, said that they were unable to possess the land, because they focused on those who stood between them instead of God Who had promised them the land.  We need to always keep our focus on God and not on the problems of the world, even if they seem impossible to overcome.  Verse thirty-two adds, And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.  The other spies brought an evil report, telling of the impossibility of the people of Israel taking the land.  They forgot about God, His promises, and what He had already done for them.  If we focus on the size of the problems before us instead of the size of God Who is with us, we may be the same way.  We must live by faith as followers of Christ, and never allow the problems of the world to overpower our faith in God.  Verse  thirty-three continues. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.  The other spies said they were like grasshoppers before the people in the land, especially the giants there who were descendants of Anak.  Once more, thay had forgotten God's promise to give them the land.  I believe we too often miss out on the promises of God when we live sight and not faith.