But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed... they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: "The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there..."
Numbers 13:31-32 NLT
It was 10 v 2
Ten leaders v two
Today they would've been all over Instagram with pictures of grasshoppers and snap chats of all the tall people they saw, all the fortified strongholds.
They made the most noise, and the people believed them.
Going meant change. The unknown, danger.
Staying was easier.
The loudest voice suits me.
Who's making the most noise?
Who's the 10v2?
Often it's not God.
It's our friends, culture, media, "expectations", our own thoughts, the lies we believe...
Who's the 10v2?
Our God is often not noisy. Not pushy.
He tells us who He is, what his kingdom is about, and lets us choose.
10v2
The noise often leads us away from that, away from Jesus.
He gently reminds us that he has made a way, there is a future that may look difficult, it may even be difficult, but it's a place of goodness, a place where the fruit is amazing.
#10v2
#choose2
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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