THE ACTS November 2013 English | Page 8

age of God. We do not know who we are, our image and what our importance is. We receive what we bear. We get authority over what we fight. The scripture says, “Resist the devil and he will flee.” We have been only taught to bear and not to overcome and conquer. God did not let the clothes or the shoes of the Israelites wax old so that they will know that He is their God. This does not mean that even we need to go through the same situation but it is onely that we can be like this if we are with God. This is God’s wish. After a period of time, Moses selects 12 rulers from the 12 tribes to spy on Canaan. He wants them to check whether it is really a land that flows with milk and honey and to bring some fruit as a proof of it. Numbers 13:30-31 says, And Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. But the men that went up with him said, we be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. Caleb stilled the fears of the people and said that God was with them and wished