Grasshopper Faith (Torah #12‪)‬ Kirk of Christ

Sorry the sound is messed up on this one again.  I fixed it some, and it's not too bad in the middle ...
This episode is an attempt to recap the experiences of the three main characters from the burning bush, plagues, trials of desert life and dependency on God, camping at Sinai and receiving the Torah ... and now they should be ready to enter the Promised Land!  God had trained them - He has given them plenty of reason to understand that He will take care of them.  But then something happens...  
"Self Esteem" is one of the very popular false gods of our time.  We are taught  - sadly even in churches - that we should have "good" self-esteem.  These people's esteem was spot-on: compared to the giants in the land, they looked like grasshoppers.  Was that bad self image?  No, it was accurate. 
God's people do not walk by self esteem!  We walk by FAITH, which is: "God Esteem."  "The man who trusts himself is a fool," wrote Solomon in the Proverbs, and it's still true.  Self esteem is a god of false hope.