Vision – Seeing Beyond Ourselves

Numbers 13 & 14

Five Things to Take Into Account!

• 1^st There has been an .
• 2^nd God’s chosen people have at the of the

Promised Land.

Afterward, however, the people moved out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers. 12:16, NASB

• 3^rd This new land was theirs to .

 “Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes, every one a leader among them.”
Numbers. 13:2 NASB

• 4^th God Moses to out the land.

Not once were they to decide: “.” (13:3-16)

All these men were – and .

• 5^th Their orders were . (13:17-20) (vv. 21-27)

But their…

Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.
Numbers 13:28 NASB

Watch out for words like:

Principle: Human overrides .

I find the “many” often say, “.”

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.
Numbers 14:5, NASB

Lack of vision leads to –.

Thank goodness there was…

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Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it.”
Numbers 13:30 NASB

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Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. If the Lord is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land which flows with milk and honey. Only do not rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”
Numbers 14:6-9 NASB

This reminds me of Psalm 27:1-3.

This is a call toward being and .

Sadly, there is more:

But all the congregation said to stone them with stones.
Numbers 14:10a, NASB

Why do we lean toward the ten?

• 1^st We live in a , hostile world.
• 2^nd We are prone toward .
• 3^rd Most not to live differently.