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They forgot how wonderfully the Lord had led they were instructed to explore the land, to find ” The Lord will always be with us in times of
them out of Egypt. When others saw the giants, out what kind of country was it, how many trouble. So let us have our hope in the Lord
Caleb saw God! They said we can’t, but Caleb people were there, and other such instructions who has given us this life and will be with us
said we can! They saw the problems, while forevermore
Caleb saw the promises of God. He saw the They were not supposed to criticize or give
future with eyes of faith and not with eyes of their opinion. They were sent to find out the
fear. Hope in the Lord led him to have a facts. They returned with the facts as well as
fearless faith. with a conclusion that there is no hope ahead.
-Joel John
Only Caleb and Joshua saw the future with
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Hope which led him to have a Courageous hope. Caleb trusted in the Lord and so he could
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Commitment see a good future because that was the promise

The spies explored the land and came back. of the Lord. Hope in the Lord led him to have a
They said that the land was very rich and vision for a cause.
fertile just as the promised land should be. But
the people living there were powerful giants. Caleb was a man who had an unbreakable
Caleb said that they can overcome the giants faith and hope in the Lord and so he was able
living there because it was the promised land. to stand for truth even when he was
He dared to stand for what was right and of surrounded by lies. We should follow Caleb's
God even when everyone was against it. Spies example by having faith, commitment, and
are characterized as fearless, strong and one’s vision for the work we are assigned, and
with a lot of courage and so were the eleven of placing our hope in the Lord. During this
them but what set Caleb and Joshua apart was pandemic, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, the
the commitment to the cause. Based on the World Health Organization's (WHO) chief
report of the ten spies, the Israelites started scientist said that India seems to be entering
crying in distress and complained to Moses. some stage of endemicity and a disease is
Israelites would have figured if their bravest described as endemic only when it continues to
and strongest were telling this, then there was be present within a given geographical area.
no way forward. But here we get to see the The future is going to be tough. Just as every
remarkable commitment of Caleb who believed lock comes with a key, our problems also have
that as long as God was on their side, they a solution and for that, we must lay our hope
could overcome any crisis. Caleb sticks to what in the Lord. According to Leonard Sweet and
he said and trusts in the promises of God. And Frank Viola in their book 'Jesus Speaks',
that is why he tears his clothes along with “Jesus is always present, yet absent. It sounds a
Moses, Aaron and Joshua and appeals to the bit loopy, but this is the way, the truth and life.”
people not to rebel against the Lord. Hope in the It is important to believe and put our trust in
Lord led him to have a courageous God because he makes everything beautiful at
commitment. the right time. “But those who trust in the Lord
for help will find their strength renewed. They
Hope which led him to have a Vision for a will rise on the wings like eagles; they will run
Cause and not get weary; they will walk and not
When the ten spies responded negatively, Caleb grow weak. (Isaiah 40:31) The only thing that
responded positively because he could visualize we need to remember is that our God is the one
the victory which the Lord was going to give who can provide for all our needs and
them. Now when Moses had sent the spies, necessities because the Lord is ‘Jehovah-Jireh’.