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The choice looked like a no-brainer. Given
those two alternatives, who in their right mind
would choose the wilderness?
The Israelites did. But they aren't the only
ones. We've all made choices like that at one time
or another. We've all disconnected from God's
Master Plan on occasion. We've all had times
when receiving the fulfi llment of God's promises
looked impossible to us—the obstacles seemed
too great, the hindrances too many. We simply
couldn't believe we could receive it.
That's the situation the Israelites faced.
They knew God had promised them the land
of Canaan, but they didn't believe they could
overcome the giants in that land. Caleb, one
of the two men of faith among the spies, tried
to convince them otherwise, saying, "Let us
go up at once and take possession, for we are
