101 - Grapes and Grasshoppers

Numbers 13:30-31, 33b But Caleb tried to encourage the people as they stood before Moses. " Let's go at once to take the land," he said. " We can certainly conquer it!"  But the other men who had explored the land with him answered, " We can't go up against them! They are stronger than we are!" … We felt like grasshoppers next to them, and that's what we looked like to them!" This episode is all about spies. Moses asked a handful of men to spy out the land they were waiting to possess. Two very different reports came back.  F.B. Meyer compared the perspective of the ten unbelieving spies to that of the two faithful spies, Caleb and Joshua: "They saw the same spectacles in their survey of the land; but the result in the one case was panic, in the other confidence and peace. What made the difference?" You’ll have to listen to find out the rest of the quote and why grapes and grasshoppers made me consider a tattoo.  If you would like to support this podcast with a monthly or one-time donation, thank you! ⁠⁠⁠http://www.sherriyoungward.com/donate⁠⁠⁠ To find out about upcoming gatherings and new projects, please join my email list at ⁠⁠⁠www.sherriyoungward.com