Recognize

There's a reason the word for sending people out ahead of the greater army into an enemy territory is called "reconnaissance."

The root word of reconnaissance is "recognize." Recognize comes from words that mean "again" (re) and "to know" (cognoscere.) So to recognize is to know again.

But once you know something, you can walk in it. This is true in the word "righteousness." The word "righteous" comes from "rightwise" which can be traced back to mean "to rule, lead straight, put right, move in a straight line" and "way, manner, wise." So righteousness is the directed way of wisdom. But wisdom is a word that can be traced back to mean "to see, to know."

Recognize also, from the 15th century, meant "to  resume possession of land."

Moses sent out spies on a reconnaissance mission to the Promised Land. Of the twelve spies who were sent out, only two recognized the land. Only two knew again that which Yahweh had always claimed to be theirs. Only two actually walked in and dwelled in the Promised Land.

Promise comes from root words meaning "to send before." Joshua and Caleb, the two spies, recognized the promise. They had seen it before, and they remembered. They knew. They were sure it was Yahweh's provision for them for they had faith. They were aware (the root word of faith.) And so, by faith, they claimed what was theirs, resuming possession of the land that had always belonged to them even as it belongs to the Father who is One with all of His creation.