Caleb’s Spirit of Adventure: Choosing Faith Over Fear

"Maybe your circumstances have not changed for years, and it just feels like nothing. Listen. God's calling you in that reality to live with the spirit of adventure. And you're gonna need courage, and you're gonna need wisdom, and you're gonna need guidance, and you're gonna need to know his voice, and you're gonna need to know his heart. And coming to the altar, you know, there's nothing magical about this carpet. What it's doing is is an is an external representation of an internal decision. So if you're thinking, well, I'm just gonna respond. God knows my heart. I'm saying, no. Just step out of your seat. [01:30:47] (33 seconds)  #StepOutInFaith

"Here's the thing, though. When you're under pressure, you don't always rise to the occasion. Often, you fall to the level of your preparation. When I was in my late twenties, Zoe and I felt god speaking to us, and the spirit of adventure was calling us to do something outside of what we've done for ten years. And that decision, in part, is the reason why we're here today because from that decision, all the things happened, and it's only with hindsight you look back and you realize God was up to something. [01:15:22] (41 seconds)  #PreparationOverPressure

"They come back and they're they're in front of the whole assembly, the bible says. They're all waiting for this report of the promised land. And one after another, they come forward and say, we can't do it. The next one comes as you can't we can't do it. You should see the size of the walls. Another one says, we can't do it. We're gonna die. Another one says, we can't do it. You should see the size of the enemy. And then Caleb and Joshua step forward and say, we can do it. You should see the size of their grapes. [01:09:34] (29 seconds)  #ChooseFaithOverFear

"But the difference with Caleb was not just words or even a perspective. It was actually a spirit, the bible says in Numbers chapter 14. Because Caleb, my servant, has a different spirit, and that's not because God chose him randomly and no one else won the lottery of getting that. This is an invitation extended to me and you to take on the spirit of adventure and live for god. Go again. Stand again. Believe again. Pray again. Hope again. [01:11:27] (34 seconds)  #AdoptTheSpirit

"If you've got a word from god or you want a word from god, you're setting yourself up for a life of adventure. You can go for the rest of your life exploring all that God has for you if it starts with a word from God. Well, here's the thing. Imagine we're just on page eight in our storybook. Page eight, God spoke to Moses. Oh, wait a minute. This is Caleb's story, and yet somehow heaven is ignoring Caleb and speaking to someone else. [01:01:31] (36 seconds)  #WordStartsAdventure

"Adventure is unpredictable. It's uncomfortable. Adventure takes you outside of what is familiar and safe and some would say even necessary. Caleb chose to live wholeheartedly with whatever was put in front of him. And let's face it, the fulfilled promise of God was not the thing put in front of him, not for forty five years. But the bible says in numbers fourteen twenty four, but because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, he didn't strive or try and create some opportunity in his own strength. [01:14:17] (46 seconds)  #WholeheartedFollow

"Caleb had every reason to be a victim, and he had every reason to be entitled. But the language of faith was one of the key ingredients that kept him in the middle. I want you to check your language about tomorrow. I want you to not pick your phone up the first thing you do in the morning. Don't do that. Pick up the bible. Put some worship on. Get the spirit of adventure growing in you. [01:10:41] (24 seconds)  #StartWithScripture

"Now what happened next was not part of Caleb's plan. A lot happened between the promise in Numbers chapter 14 and verse 24 and its fulfillment in actually a different book of the bible. So much time went past that they finished that book and started a new book. Joshua chapter 14. Now this was due to Israel's disobedience, and they wandered around the desert. And if you think about it and you would recognize if you know the story that most of Caleb's friends died in the desert. [01:12:02] (35 seconds)  #JourneyBeforeFulfillment