23 Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs. The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there. And they returned from spying out the land after forty days. 

 

26 Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.” 

 

30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” 

 

31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”“

 

 

Numbers 14:6-9 - “”But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: “The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’ 

 

9 Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”“

 

 

Wisdom Nuggets

1. Personhood - How you see your person (Your identity): “…we are like grasshoppers in our sight, and so we were in their sight.”

Caleb & Joshua however said, “…If the Lord delights in us He will bring us into this land and give it to us.

 

2. Perception - How you see the problem: “…all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.”

Caleb & Joshua however responded, “…for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us.

 

3. Possibility - How you see the prospect: “…We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”

Caleb & Joshua however responded, “…Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

 

4. Payoff - How you see the proceeds: “…the land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants.” 

Caleb & Joshua however said, “…the land is an exceedingly good land.”

Prayer Points

1. Father, I receive insight into my identity in Christ Jesus. John 1:12-13 declares, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. Romans 8:14 declares, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. IJN

 

2. Father, I receive healing from every influence that has negatively impacted my identity and self-esteem. I renounce every negative programming maintaining a grasshopper mentality in my mind today. I declare I have a breadeater mentality. IJN

 

3. Father, I take steps to possess the land that you have given to me. I cease to consume myself with my limited resources. Rather, I focus on your limitless power and might. IJN