Dare to dream (again)
30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.
Numbers 13:30-32
“You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me. 7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, 8 but my fellow Israelites who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt in fear. I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly. 9 So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.’
10 “Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! 11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. 12 Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”
Joshua 14:6b - 12
1. God has purpose for you in every season of life.
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
In your alignment, you discover assignment.
2. Let God’s voice resound louder than the inner doubts and outward opposition.
"I believe God made me for a purpose — for China. But he also made me fast, and when I run I feel his pleasure."
3. God’s promise doesn’t presuppose ease.
…he has kept me alive for forty-five years…
The Lord has kept you!
What is your purpose in this season?
4. Dare to ask God today to reveal His purpose for your life and for His power to pursue it.
Dare to dream again!