Fear Not

During the book of Numbers, the children of Israel are wandering through the Sinai desert.  Numbers 13 and 14 tell us the story of the twelve men who scouted out the promised land.  They found it full of good things, much better than the wilderness they were in.  But when they returned to report to Moses, ten of them allowed their fear ro get the better of them.  They convinced the people that the giant inhabitants of the land would be too hard to fight.  Joshua and Caleb, though, had faith that the Lord would help them.  But because of the doubt of the other ten, the people were too afraid to move forward.  Because of this fear, they wandered in the wilderness for forty more years.