Well Able

"But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it." Numbers 13:30 (ESV)

      What a remarkable quote from a man who knew intimately who God was, and what God was capable of. Caleb returns from scouting out the promised land with 11 other elders and the majority opinion of the promised land was though it was indeed a land flowing with milk and honey there were also giants there. The fact that giants were there caused a panic in the crowd and all but Joshua and Caleb were ready to pack their bags and make a U-turn back to Egypt.

        Isn't that like us? When the sign of adversity hits the promise we were destined to possess we often cringe and welcome a return to what we were  DELIVERED from. Caleb however, was not dissuaded by the opinions of the many because he reasoned if God brought us this far he's certainly well able to take us all the way.

         Daily I'm trying to adopt the same mindset as Caleb and think to myself over and over that, "greater is He that is within me than He that is in the world," (1 John 4:4) and "overwhelming victory is ours through Him who loved us." (Romans 8:37) We must remember just like Caleb knew in his heart that even though the odds appear stacked against us we are not well able to overcome because of our own ability, but because of Him who's with us. For if we relied on our own strength we'd recognize we are woefully inadequate to deal with the giants that inhabit the promised land.