What about the other two spies? What did they do? Well, they gave their report - full of faith! God is with us! These giants are bread! We can do this! We can do this! Don't be afraid, don't draw back!
What did people do? They went to their Facebook, 'unlike'. And what did they post? Fake news, fake news! Everyone looked at the fake news, and it got into their heart. Not only did they post fake news, but they probably posted “giant lives matter” too.
You understand, there's a thinking around all of this. We've got to be God-centred. They had gone 40 years in the wilderness to get there. They'd gone through all this trouble in the wilderness, to get to this point. It's a climactic point - do I enter in; or fall away? Two stood up and said: this is what it is, we believe God is with us, God is for us!
That's why that song, The Blessing is so popular. They keep repeating: God is for you, God is for you, God is for you! Church - God is for you! The community may be intolerant… but God is for you! If God is for you, then the giants must come down!
You must be a person of faith. The church must arise. He tells us: watch, pray, prepare. This is the time to build your prayer life. This is the time to be grounded in the word of God. This is the time to become strong in God. This is the time to become a soul-winner. This is the time for you to break out of passivity and apathy. This is the time for you to break out of compromise. This is the time!
Read the signs! They're all pointing to something great ahead of us! Don't look at how bad it is, look to the Lord. Pray that you're counted worthy to escape all these things, and walk in the power of His glory, in the latter days.
Isaiah 60:1 – “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you”.
When darkness covers the face of the earth, and darkness covers the people, then the glory of God will be seen on you. What are your eyes focussed on? Darkness; or the light has come, the glory has come?
God will turn this, to become the greatest hour for us! Church, this is our greatest hour ahead! Rise up; choose to follow God! Choose to hear God; build an ark of preparation! Choose to listen to God! Choose to build your prayer life, choose to be a man or woman of God. Let's give Him the honour!