In this passage we see the obvious effects of faith and what a polarizing agent it can be when brought before people who have none. Caleb trusts fully in God to what He says He will do. Joshua doesn’t really speak up, but he is counted as being the other believing spy. You can hear the passion faith produces in his voice as he gives his report. The other 10 men cower in fear, create excuses and make up lies. They have no faith in God’s ability to do what He said He would do, and their lack of faith decimates the hearts of the people.

We need to be mindful, as we GoLove others in Jesus’ Name, that our faith, and how we respond to the promises of God is going to have an impact not just on our own lives, but on the lives of others, and possibly for generations to come. The Israelites would wander the desert for 40 years because of this faithless report. We cannot subject our own hearts, or the hearts of other we have influence with, to this sorrow.

Numbers 13:26-33
“26 The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for them and the whole community, and they showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They reported to Moses: We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its fruit. 28 However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites are living in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.
30 Then Caleb quieted the people in the presence of Moses and said, We must go up and take possession of the land because we can certainly conquer it!
31 But the men who had gone up with him responded, We cant go up against the people because they are stronger than we are! 32 So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size. 33 We even saw the Nephilim there — the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim! To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them.”