“Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.” - Numbers 14:30-31 (NIV)
The promises we consider, most days are promises which encourage and affirm how much God loves us and helps us to live according to His Word. But there are promises which the Lord God makes in the Bible which have severe and harsh consequences. The children of Israel, led by Moses from Egypt to receive the Law from God were promised life and land in Canaan. However, 10 of the 12 who spied out the land became frightened, faithless, and fickle. They turned all the company of the people against going into the land God had promised. As a consequence, God promised something else. That generation would wander around the wilderness until all were dead and buried. The land was then promised to their children, the next generation after the faithless who had feared their children would die if they entered the land. Joshua and Caleb the 2 faithful spies were also promised blessings the land. When we know what God wants of us, His children, being fearful and faithless and refusing his commands and help is a risky business. God expects us to believe and to follow and as we do, will receive the blessings He promised.
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