Day 15: Courage Reborn: Joshua and the 12 Spies
Welcome: What’s it like to be courageous and no one joins you? How do you respond when you are ridiculed for your actions and attitude? Today we see that sometimes trusting God is unpopular.
Background: God brought Israel to the cusp of the Promised Land and 12 spies are sent into the land to scope it out and bring back a report to Israel. Joshua and Caleb are two of the spies in this company.
Read: Numbers 13:1-14:38
Highlight: “If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey. Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”
You? Stepping out in faith can be incredibly unpopular and following God is often hard. What is God asking you to do where you feel like you would be leaving someone behind in their faith? How do you fight against the fear of people and what they will think of you when you courageously step out in faith?
Pray: Lord, I trust you and will go forward in faith not fear. I know you are with me when I am obedient to you even if I am the only one following you. Please give me the courage to do what’s unpopular.