A Different Spirit

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Volume 78-17, December 2017

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A Different Spirit Pastor Nkechi Ene (Mrs.) 20 “Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, according to your word; 21 but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be ?illed with the glory of the Lord 22 because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, 23 they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.

24 But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.”

Numbers 14:20-24

The word “integrity” may sound like a big word, but I am sure you may have heard of the word “integer” from mathematics. When you say something is either an integer or a whole number it means that once you have that thing, you have it all, there is nothing more to have.

Likewise, when you see a fraction of a thing, life one-?ifth of a whole, it means that you are yet to see four-?ifth of the whole. Therefore, seeing a fraction of a thing means you have not seen it all.

Following God fully or wholly simply means that nothing, no matter the circumstance, should change or affect the relationship you have with God. A famine situation tests the depth of your revelation,

In this article, we are going to study the life of Caleb, a man who dared

negative circumstances test just how much you follow God. Caleb

to be different even in the midst of strong opposition. When the Bible

wholly, fully and completely followed the Lord, and in these last days,

says that Caleb had a different spirit, it means that Caleb had a

we need Christians who will be people of integrity. We need people

different approach to the situation he and the others faced. We are

who are willing to follow God wholly, fully and completely.

going to learn some things about the spirit of Caleb and his attitude that helped him to get into the Promised Land.

Caleb Wholly Followed God 8 “Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the Lord my God.” Joshua 14:8

As we read earlier in Numbers 14, Caleb fully followed the Lord. Then again, in Joshua 14, Caleb testi?ied that he wholly followed the Lord his God. Now, if God is careful to state that Caleb followed Him wholly that means some who follow God do not do it wholly and completely; they have a fraction approach to God and the things of the kingdom.

Caleb Was Against Any Form Of Rebellion 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”

Numbers 14:9

If you want to enter into the Promised Land and receive that inheritance you are trusting God for, you have got to cultivate an attitude that is against any form of rebellion. Rebellion refers to the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention.

Rebellion also means wilfully doing anything that goes contrary to the Word of God, like when your actions and words challenge the authority of God’s Word. Caleb understood this and that was why he

However, Caleb followed God fully and completely, displaying what it

and Joshua tore their robes and pleaded with the children of Israel not

really means to be a person of integrity.

to rebel against God the minute they started talking about raising

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Sarah’s Corner

Volume 78-17, December 2017

www.thecarpenterschurch.org/sarahscorner another leader to take them back to Egypt (Number 14:4-9). When

has seen the mighty works of God in your life when you got born again.

you are in fear and you choose to respond to that fear, you are in

He saw you translated from the kingdom of darkness and planted into

rebellion to the Word of God. Caleb must have understood this, and

the kingdom of God’s Son. So, if God can take you from the kingdom of

when the Israelites spoke in response to their fear, the Bible says,

darkness into the kingdom of His Son, what else can’t He do for you?

“Caleb quieted the people before Moses” (Numbers 13:30). From the original Hebrew context the word “quieted” means interrupting what

The ability you have to respond to this knowledge depends on your

another person is saying, sometimes even rudely. Therefore, whatever

attitude, speech and actions. It is a function of how you see yourself. If

God’s Word says about something is the absolute truth irrespective of

you face the devil with an attitude of a grasshopper, he will crush you.

the circumstance.

However, when you face him with the attitude of a conqueror, he will ?lee from you. This means that the devil knows that you are in the

Caleb Did Not Procrastinate 30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

Numbers 13:30

Having the spirit of Caleb gives you zero tolerance for procrastination.

Caleb was not one to procrastinate and that was why he immediately wanted to go to the Promised Land to take what God had given them.

As a child of God, when you receive an unusual instruction or a rhema word, the best time to respond is immediately. It is paramount that

same category as Jesus Christ. Have the consciousness that the devil knows you, and that alone makes him afraid of you.

Caleb Never Lost Sight Of His Ability 10 And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-?ive years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty?ive years old.

11 As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in.

Joshua 14:10-11

you respond when your faith is high. Nobody goes to ski when the waves are ?lat, no; it is when the waves are really high that you can

From the verses above, we ?ind out that Caleb, at eight-?ive years,

have fun skiing. So, the time to respond is at once.

never lost sight of his ability. Forty-?ive years later, he could still boldly declare that he was “as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent

You are believing God for your baby and in the course of your faith

me” (Joshua 14:11).

walk with God, you receive an unusual instruction to create a tangible and physical picture of that particular miracle as a point of contact. Immediately, when your faith is still

Your ability has got nothing to do with the strength of the enemy, your circumstance, how bad the situation

on the all time high, you take a decision and follow it

is, the economy or what the doctor has said

up with action. You may decide to buy an out?it, sow a

concerning the state of your health. Your ability, in

seed, or paste an actual picture of a baby somewhere

its entirety, should be based on 1 John 5:4: “For

you can see it everyday with a faith confession. Any

whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And

of these great acts of faith can and should lend

this is the victory that has overcome the world—

tangibility to your expected miracle.

our faith.” Your ability was inbuilt into your DNA

Just as the Bible says, “He who observes the wind will

has given you the ability to overcome the world,

not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not

He means everything that the world and its

when you got born again. So, when God says He

reap” (Ecclesiastes 11:4), there can never be the time

system can ever dream up or imagine. As a born

when you will have an all round perfect condition to

again child of God, you have all it takes to overcome

carry out a task or a faith project because the ?irst step in overcoming procrastination is to eliminate all excuses and reasons for not taking a decisive and immediate action.

Caleb Knew Their Enemies Were Afraid Of Them 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”

Numbers 14:9

Operating in the spirit of Caleb helps you to recognize that the devil is more afraid of you than you think. The devil is afraid of you because he

any temptation, you are made to be indestructible and invincible, able to conquer and triumph over any situation and circumstance.

If you have been trusting God for a long time for your babies, do not let the length of time cloud your thoughts and ability; rather, always remember that whosoever is born of God is built and fully equipped to overcome any challenge. Get encouraged and keep going on knowing that this is your victory and you will triumph in all situations because you are born of God. The spirit of Caleb is not a negotiating spirit neither is it a compromising spirit; rather it is a possessing and overcoming spirit.

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