Tuesday, 29 December 2009 01:00 | and posted in Exploring Canaan
So they went up and explored the land... They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where... the descendants of Anak, lived. When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes... Numbers 13:21-23
I'm sure these twelve men explored in a mix of excitement and fear: excitement at the fruitfulness of the land God was promising and fear because of the danger the powerful native people (Anak's descendents) represented.
Our excitement over God’s promises can easily get dulled or disappear altogether when we focus upon the obstacles we have to overcome to see these promises become reality. Choose to focus on the grapes not on Anak’s descendents!