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It is really
interesting what we do with the truth, isn’t it? Truth doesn’t change, but our perspective of
the truth sure does! What we think of the
truth shows more about us and our character than on the actual truth.
The spies go
off to Canaan. They see a very fertile land. They see a land great for settling their
flocks and growing their empire. It
truly is the Promised Land.
They also
see a land filled with people. Some of
these people are huge. These people seem
brutal and cruel. They worship gods that
are foreign to the spies.
This is the
truth. It is what it is. The land is highly fertile. It is also incredibly occupied.
Joshua sees
the truth about fertility. Because he is
a man of great faith, he does not fret about the occupants. God has promised the land; God will deliver
it into their hands no doubt!
The other
spies who go with Joshua only see their own capacity. They don’t want to fight the bigger
people. They are afraid, because they
actually see only their inability.
Rather than seeing the truth through God’s possibility, they see truth
through their own impossibility.
In either
case, the truth didn’t change. The spies
agreed upon what they saw. There was no
conflicting witness. There was a
conflicting perception about what to do about the witness. The spies were convinced of their
weakness. Joshua was convinced of God’s
possibility.
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