The Lies of the Enemy

 

In Numbers 13 we read that the Israelites did not go into the Promised Land 
A place that God had prepared for them
A place that was a good land with streams and pools of water
With springs flowing in the valleys where wheat and barley were growing
With fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey
Where the rocks were iron & copper could be dugout of the hills
And why didn't they go in?
Because most of the spies who were sent to check it out did not look with faith ...  but looked with fear
They said the people are huge, like giants, and we felt like grasshopppers

And so they remained in the desert which was a thirsty and waterless land with venomous snakes and scorpions
And yet we read in Joshua 5 v 1 that when Joshua finally took them into the land
All the Kings had lost heart and were paralysed by fear
when they knew the Israelites were coming
For they had heard of the mighty power of God

How often do we hold back from where God wants to take us
or don't do what He wants us to do
Because we listen to the lies of the enemy
And we live from fear rather than faith?