“So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size.” (v. 22)

Imagine with me that, on the other side of adventure and effort and engagement, there is real Kingdom fruit.

Imagine that our calling, though it would carry is into and through an adversarial culture, will reap a Gospel harvest by God’s grace.

Imagine that our work and our witness in the world are worth it, though we are tempted to worry.

Imagine all that is so.

Would you go? Would you be obedient? Would you press on according to that calling, trusting the Faithful God to faithfully accomplish His purposes through you?

Or would you complain, make excuses, and stay on this side of what’s promised?

Such is the quandary of Israel’s negative scouting report in Numbers 13.

How is history speaking to you today?

— Tyler