A Different Spirit

[403 words] At Kadesh Israel caught a terminal case of “the grasshopper complex” from the ten faithless spies. The reports of giants and walled cities blinded them to the greatness of God and deafened them to His promises. What a sad day in Israel’s history! Moses wrote, “we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight” (Numbers 13:33). Because their faith faltered and they were ready to turn back, God was ready to destroy them. Moses interceded and that generation of Israel was spared immediate destruction, but not allowed to enter the Promised Land. Forty years of wilderness wanderings and death awaited them. How tragic! But in the midst of this tragedy God made a statement about Caleb – a statement worthy of consideration. He said, “But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I…