Today we studied Numbers 12 & 13 and saw in two cases where the people's faith failed, first in Moses and secondly in God's promise to give them the land of Canaan. In Chapter 12, we see Aaron and Miriam challenging Moses' authority and God's intervention to affirm both his selection of Moses as his spokesman and Moses' authority because of it. In Chapter 13, we see the 12 spies being sent into the land of Canaan and although the land was just as God said it would be, their fear of the land's inhabitants persuaded all but two of them to give a bad report in hopes that the people would not want to take hold of what God had promised them.
Ultimately we're reminded that in our own lives God may bring us to what appears to be an impossible obstacle along the journey as we're following him, but if God has led us there and is leading us through it, then we can trust that he will give us what is needed to succeed. God is not in the business of setting his children up with high expectations just so they can be disappointed. Let us strive to live as men and women who walk in faith with God, even through the difficult times.
Numbers 12 & 13 Outline
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