Monday, July 5, 2010

Live a Fearless, God-Sized Life

Today's Reading
Numbers 13

At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. [26] They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. [27] They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. [28] But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. [30] Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it." (Numbers 13:25-28,30)

I have often heard sermons calling us to live God-sized lives. Most believers I know myself included fail to heed God's call to take "risks" and to live "big". I am encouraged by Caleb here in this passage to live "big".

My prayer: Lord, help me be fearless. Give me strength. Help me lean on you and live "big".