Change Your Perspective!
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses,
and said, “Let us go up at once and take
possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Numbers 13:30
You’ve probably seen the drawing of the duck and the rabbit.
It’s a single image that, viewed from one perspective, looks
like a duck, but viewed from another perspective, looks
like
a rabbit. Another example is a drawing of a single figure that,
from one angle looks like a haggard old woman and from a
different angle looks like a beautiful young woman. How
one sees the images is all a matter of
perspective.
When Moses sent twelve men into Canaan to do
reconnaissance, and learn about the land and its
inhabitants, all of the men returned with different
perspectives. Ten of the men had told Moses the
land was unconquerable; there were giants in the
land and their cities were impregnable.
Two men, Joshua and Caleb, had a different perspective.
They believed God would give them victory and give them
the land. Their perspective was this: We can trust God
and His promises in spite of the circumstances.
We can trust Him the same way if our perspective
is biblical: God keeps His promises to His people.
"As long as we continue to trust in our own
abilities and activities we shall avail nothing."
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
