Twelve Scouts

Num 13:9-24         11/12/2017

Moses selected one of the leaders from each of the twelve tribes to reconnoiter the promised land of Canaan. He sent them out with instructions to get certain, specific information.

Moses asked the team of scouts to search out the highlands and lowlands and the wilderness. He asked them to report on the condition of the land, the fortifications of the cities, and the numbers of the peoples.

Think of being one of the men selected to be a scout. What a strange and wonderful opportunity – to foretaste the promised land. To be the first to see the manifestation of a 500 year old promise; to anticipate the possessing of so many good things; to tangibly experience the faithfulness of God; the scouts were the first partakers of God’s goodness.

The foretaste is intended to whet the appetite.

The foretaste I have been given: Access to the glory of God the Father, through the Son and Holy Spirit; in the Word, in the Eucharist, in the fellowship of believers. This should whet my appetite for a life yet fully to live.

In the quiet of listening I find the kingdom of God.

“The kingdom of heaven is among you” Luke 17:20