Faith and opportunities

Numbers 13-14 records the sad incident of the spies going into the land of Canaan. The people wanted to see the land and how it could be taken (Deuteronomy 1:22). When the spies came back from wandering 40 days in the land, they said that the land couldn't be taken because the people were too strong. Because of their unbelief, the people had to wander in the wilderness for 40 years. All of the people of that generation died, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb, who had faith in God and believed that the land could conquered.

This got me to thinking about how unbelief sees the obstacles and faith sees the opportunities. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of "power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7). God never intended for us to be petrified little people, wondering what we could ever accomplish. He tells us to go forth and do His will. When that is accomplished, He promises that He will take care of us. It does take great faith to react in the way God wants. Unbelief has the terrible tendency to only focus on what seems to make the task impossible, therefore preventing us from truly accomplishing something special in the work of God.

So what will it be with you? Will you fall by the same example of unbelief (Hebrews 4:1-2)? Will you believe that God will be with you throughout all your trials (Matthew 6:25-34)? Choose you this day to see the opportunities and seize them!

Kyle Campbell