Today we head home. I’m always glad when this time comes. I enjoy getting back and being in familiar territory even though the getting away helps me to enjoy the familiar territory more. I always appreciate what home is after being away from it.

This morning’s Bible reading had some tough consequences. I’m into Numbers where the spies Moses had sent into the Promised Land came back with the report that the land was filled with good and plentiful crops but the people were mighty and big. 10 of the 12 thought they couldn’t conquer them. Yes, they were forgetting to look up instead of looking at their surroundings. Only Caleb and Joshua were able to see the blessings God was about to give them and that God doesn’t put us into circumstances without His Presence going before us. We know the rest of the story I believe, that God made them turn around. He wasn’t going to let a host of unbelievers enter His Promised Land. He would wait and take their children in instead. So, 40 years of wandering followed this refusal to trust God.

There is so much in this I relate to. I lost many years of living by not trusting God to be the Mighty God He is. I spent them hiding instead of believing. I don’t want to live the remaining years this way. Yes, there are times in today’s living I need to be reminded to believe and not question. This weekend has been a good time to reawaken the strength which God gives when we BELIEVE.