Are You Ready?

Numbers 13-14 tells the story where Moses sent 12 spies to the promised land of Canaan. To see what the Land was like. After 40 days of spying, the 12 returned with the same report but 2 different kind of responses.


The spies reported that the land was indeed flowing with milk and honey and that the people there are big and there are different nations surrounding the land as well as Anakites, the legendary giant people. 


Joshua and Caleb, saw the land and their response was to take the land and conquer it because they can. The other 10 spies saw how small they are compared to the size of the people there.


Insight


God called Moses to lead the people out of Eqypt towards the land flowing with milk and honey which is Canaan. So after 10 plagues, God was able to take the Israelites towards the promised land. Now that they are on the edge the promised land, God through Moses ordered the 12 spies to spy on the land so that they could have a glimpse of the promise land. 


God was ready to do something great and remarkable and amazing to the Israelites. He was ready to usher them into a new era of blessing. God was ready to bless the people. But the sad reality is that there can be two responses: 1. there are people who saw the vision of God for them, placed them in their heart, longed for it and is willing to sacrifice much so that God's vision would be accomplished. These people are ready to receive the experience the magnificent mighty work of God in their lives; but; there are also people who will just make excuses, as beautiful as the vision of God is for them, all they do is make excuses they are more concern about their pacing and safety and comfort rather than joining God in what He is about to do.


Which one are you? Are you like Joshua and Caleb, who knows the vision of God, heard it, put it into heart and believed that God will do great and marvelous things for the accomplishment of the vision and is passionate about it always looking out for God's working and is willing to sacrifice all just to be in step in what God is doing or is readying to do? Or are you like the 10 spies and the rest of Israel who despite the promise of God, just looks inwardly and looks at ones weakness and just makes excuses?


The sad reality is that it was not God's plan that Israel should wander around the desert for 40 years. It was His punishment for the people for doubting Him. All the more sad is that Joshua and Caleb, whose heart was ready for God's supernatural work was forced to join the Israelites for 40 years wandering around. But then again, out of all the people within that generation only Joshua and Caleb were able to enter the promised land.


So my question is, with all the things that God has envisioned for you, your family, your church, your ministry, your work, etc., are you passionate about it, looking unto Him and keeping in step in what He is doing, or are you looking within yourself and still making excuses?


Are You ready? really?