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Keep Quoting the Lord God had already promised to give the Israelites the land. So, Caleb didn’t say those things merely trying to be positive. He wasn’t just saying, “I think we can do it.” He was declaring God’s Word and saying by faith, “We can do this!” The weepers and wailers, on the other hand, were speaking in unbelief. They not only said, “We cannot do this!” They said, “We might as well have died in the wilderness!” How did God respond? He said: “As ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness…. Ye shall not come into the land…” (Numbers 14:28-30). In verse 24, He said, “But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.” In other words, everyone there got what they said! The entire generation of doubters died in the wilderness. Caleb went into the Promised Land with Joshua and a new generation of Israelites, still declaring God’s Word. Caleb laid claim to the part of the land he wanted. He quoted the Lord time and again. He said: "Behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years…and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said" (Joshua 14:10-12). Caleb was a Word man! God said He would keep Caleb alive. Caleb believed it and said it. God said, “You can have the mountain you want.” Caleb believed it and said it. God said, “You’ll drive out your enemies.” Caleb believed it and said it. For 45 years, Caleb maintained his confession of faith. For 45 years, he did not change his believing or his words of victory. He went into the wilderness in faith with the Word of God in his mouth, and he came out the same way. He came out still hanging on to what God said about him—still saying, “The Lord is with me and I am able to do this!” That’s the way you and I must be about our stand of faith. We can’t let the wilderness seasons in our lives talk us out of God’s promises. We can’t let the devil use hard days or times of pressure to convince us God’s Word won’t work. We must keep believing and saying what God said. We have to maintain the spirit of faith and keep His Word in our mouths. If we’ll do that we’ll wind up like Caleb. He received every good thing God promised him. He didn’t get it all overnight, but eventually God saw to it that what Caleb had been believing and saying came to pass. Brother Kenneth E. Hagin used to say, “God doesn’t settle up every Saturday night; but He does settle up.” And I’m telling you, that’s the truth. God never forgets your faith. It honors Him when you believe His Word and refuse to be moved off it by contrary circumstances, and He always honors those who honor Him. You don’t have to worry just because time has passed and what you’re believing for hasn’t happened yet. You don’t have to wonder if God might not come through for you. No, He will settle up. You just stay strong. You keep your words in agreement with His Word and you will receive what you say. How can I be sure? First, because God is faithful and He cannot lie. And second, because “the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]” Hebrews 4:12, ("Amplified Bible, Classic Edition"). It will not return to Him “void [without producing any effect, useless], but,” as He said in Isaiah 55:11, “it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” ("AMPC"). God’s Word contains His own creative ability. There is not a problem in this life it can’t solve. God’s Word will change your body, your finances, your circumstances or whatever else needs changing in your life. It will conquer every “giant” that threatens to keep you out of your promised land. All you have to do is put it in your heart and keep it in your mouth. As you do that, the giants that once looked so big will start looking smaller and smaller. Instead of seeing yourself as a grasshopper in their sight, like the unbelieving Israelites did, you’ll start seeing yourself like Caleb. You’ll say what God says about you and your situation, and you will overcome! V 30 : BVOV

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