
The time had come for Joshua to take over the leadership from Moses. There were new challenges and giants ahead. Joshua now had to fully own his beliefs and the position he had inherited.

Lessons from the Life (and Death) of Moses: Moses didn’t accomplish his final goal, which was to enter the Promised Land of Canaan, but he left behind a positive, godly legacy.

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” – G.K. Chesterton, in What’s Wrong with the World
The problem is not new. People begin in the faith but don’t finish. Today’s passage gives us the classic example.
Numbers 13-14.pdf