I have been doing my devotion lately with a study guide on Power Faith. (At the same time I have a cup of coffee. To me there is nothing like reading the Word and drinking coffee. How about you?) This morning the devotion took me to Numbers 13:17-33 so I thought I would share some of it with you. In verse 30 Caleb said “let us go up at once and take possession (of the land), for we are well able to overcome it.”

Where did Caleb get his confidence? In Numbers 14:24a it says “But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully…” Now the different spirit referred to here is not talking about the Holy Spirit but his inner man.

Caleb chose to believe in the Lord and he followed God fully. Caleb was not moved by the walled cities, by the giants, or by the largeness of the land.  What moved him was his trust in the Lord. No matter how big the situation if we can see the Lord, He will always be bigger. Faith does not deny the reality of difficulty; it declares the power of God in the face of the problem. Who are we following with the promises that God has given to us?  The ten spies with the bad report or Caleb and Joshua, both of whom, had a different spirit. “We are well able.” May we walk in a different spirit. Blessings, Rob