Are You Walking by Faith or Sight? Michael Edwards
"Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall enter.' Deut 1:22 NAS
God wanted the Israelite's to walk by faith and enter the promised land. It was their idea to walk by sight and send spies into the area to gain more knowledge of the enemy's potential and plans and see if what God said was true. This need to rely on sight instead of faith showed their lack of confidence in God's word, promises, power, intentions, ability, and support. If they had just trusted and focused on God and relied on their past experiences with Him, as ill-equipped David did when he immediately faced and conquered Goliath, they would have had a great victory. By that time, God had already stripped the giants of their courage as Rahab relayed to Joshua 40 years later.
"When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. Joshua 2:11 NAS
When the Israelite's did send in the twelve spies, only two returned in faith. The rest were in fear. Since God knows all, I believe that He did not want the spies to see and learn more about the enemy before entering the promised land. God knew He was going to have the victory. God also knew that human knowledge of the enemy would feed the fear that dwells in our flesh, and most would return afraid. That is exactly what happened, and the fearful returned and filled the others with the same doubt, worry and fear. Their human plan to gather knowledge about the enemy for victory, instead of simply trusting God had it handled, backfired completely. Maybe this part of the reason God tells us to "walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Cor 5:7 NAS
Today, many news sources and social media outlets claim to be bringing us hidden knowledge that will benefit us during the Covid 19 attack. But, since these reports vary greatly, the only thing they provide is division, worry, fear, and confusion. God is not the author of these for His children.
for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. 1 Cor 14:33 NAS
Finish this short study HERE. |
