They are bread for us

Bible Reading: Numbers 14-15; Psalm 90

Numbers 14:8-9 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

Challenges are nourishment for your spirit. Most people don't think about this, but throughout the Word of God, we see that challenges do us good.

This is what Joshua and Caleb meant when they said the Canaanites were
bread for them'. Facing the challenge of the people in the land would feed their faith in God.

When the twelve spies brought back the report of the land that they spied out they also told the people how there were giants in the land and they would be facing walled cities. This caused the people to murmur and doubt that they could occupy the land. Only two of them had a godly understanding of what was going on. Joshua and Caleb knew it was not about them fighting on their own. They knew that God would bring them in and give them the land.

It is no different for us. If we face the challenges of life with faith and trust that God is at work, we can handle the situations. The Lord is with us. We need to trust him.

Start looking at challenges as bread. Bread brings nourishment to your body. Challenges we face are opportunities to trust in God. He has promised us that trials grow our faith and make us mature.

James 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

In Christ,
Rody