The Spirit of Faith

They certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. -Numbers:23-24

God gave the children of Israel His Word. He told them about the Promised Land and said, “I’ve given it to you.” When the twelve spies went to check it out, they discovered it was a land flowing with milk and honey, exactly as He’d said.

But when the spies came back out, three million and ten of the people said, “We can’t possess that land.” Only two—Joshua and Caleb—stood up and said, “Yes, we can. If God said it, we can do it!”

It’s what Joshua and Caleb believed and said that made the difference. If you continue reading in the Old Testament, you’ll find that the children of Israel had to wander in the wilderness for forty years. During those forty years, that entire unbelieving generation, including the ten spies, all died in the wilderness. But forty years later, Joshua and Caleb led the next generation of Israelites into the Promised Land.

But did you notice they all got what they believed and said? If that spiritual law worked under the old covenant, it will work under the new.

God said, “But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him and has followed me fully… What did God mean by “another spirit”? Caleb had the same spirit of faith that Paul talked about in 2 Corinthians 4:13: “We, having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore I have spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak.”

We are a direct result of what we’ve been believing and saying about ourselves up until this present moment. Let’s not give an evil report or rebel against the Word of the Lord. Let’s hook up with God, agree with His Word and walk in the blessings He has provided!

CONFESSION:

Lord, I agree with You. I believe, and therefore I say that You sent Your Word and healed me. You have delivered me from destruction. I’m healed according to Your Word, which works mightily in me now!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999