Who is Joshua

Usually, people are able to figure out that it’s a reference to the Joshua of the Old Testament. However, there is a reason that we chose this name, and it’s not just because we thought it sounded cool. If that was the case, we’d have called ourselves “Obed-Edom Expeditions” (Look him up!). In the book of Numbers, chapters 13 and 14, we find one of the most important events in the history of the nation of Israel — an event that shaped the destiny (for good and for bad) of two entire generations and gave a powerful example to God’s people for all time. The children of Israel were on the verge of entering the promised land, thereby fulfilling God’s promise to Abraham over 500 years before. Prior to entering, the people were instructed by the Lord to spy out the land and see both the good things He had prepared for them and the obstacles they would face. The spies reported to Moses that they saw a land of milk and honey, grapes and lush trees — a perfect place to live that would foster prosperity. They also saw giants, people of war that “devoured the land’s inhabitants.” The spies thought of themselves to be as small as grasshoppers compared to them! All the people cried and wept in fear that same night.