The way forward

In hearing the Sunday sermon yesterday on the children of Israel’s reticence to enter the promised land, I wondered if that same reticence hinders us.
In our context, I interpret the promised land to be people of other cultures, races, faiths, and economic realities whose lives God is calling us to engage with.
We have Calebs and Joshuas among us, perhaps as few in number proportionally as they were in Moses day. Probably more among the youth than among the boomers.
As a boomer, inclined to cling to the status quo as much as anyone, I have these observations as to the way forward for our church.
Those for going forward will be fewer than those wanting to stay put.
It will take a clean break from Egypt.
To linger will only extend our stay in the wilderness.
It may not be Moses who can take us there.
It may not be us but our children who cross over.