The conquest of Canaan

Numbers 13:26-33 (KJV) 26 (King James Version) And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Let me attempt to define these two words. The word “visionary” means “characterized by vision or foresight”.

While the word “stationary” means “not moving or unchanging”.

I have heard the word “visionary” defined from a Christian perspective as “he who sees what can be done for God, and has a passion to do it.”

Now let me ask you……..are you a visionary or are you stationary ? Do we have an eye toward the future looking, searching for ways in which we can further, and better live for the Lord. Do we have a vision of lost souls in our community, and a passion to reach them ?

Or……are we willing to settle for status quo ? Just enough to get by, and nothing more ! Unwilling to change, unmoving and unyielding in our own lives and having no desire to see the work of God advance !

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