The moment finally they had been waiting for. Caleb and Joshua waiting for probably close to 80 years. Most of the others had been born in the wilderness as the rebellious generation died off and they had been waiting literally their entire lives, since they were old enough to hear stories from their parents, they heard that they were coming in to the Promised Land, and now here it is. God wants to remind them, “I’m the same God, the same God who made the promises to Abraham all those centuries ago, the same God who worked mighty miracles for Moses even before you were born, the same God who did all of this will now do it for Joshua and for you.”
I hope you can see then the payoff for us. It means He’s the same God working for us. We know this theologically, but isn’t it true, we read these stories, we think, “That’s, wow, great, I love it, dramatic story. Man, God used to do lots of cool stuff.” Same God today. Do you believe that? Really, ask yourselves. Do you really believe that?
This clip is part of the sermon “The Living God is Among You” delivered by Dr. Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC on September 1, 2024.