A setback is an unexpected change from better to worse, a disappointment, a reversal but setbacks are God's opportunity for setups, for comebacks. /source/
Every setback in our life journey is a setup for a comeback. God wants us to bring us to places better than we were before.
In the story of Caleb and 12 spies/ Numbers 13/, these men (leaders of each tribe) went ahead to the Promised Land. The land God promised them is out there just few walks (around 40 days back and forth v.35) away already. This is it, the land they been journeying for in the past 40 years! They saw that the place was inhabited by giants, it seems like they're in a setback. Woow. This was definetely not what they thought about. This was their promised land, it was theirs.
So the story goes with Israelites rebellion, God's forgiveness, and God seeing Caleb (14 v 24) with a different attitude, following Him, bringing Him to the land they explored.
The trials and problems we face may be a setback for what God has promised us, but as long as we have a trusting heart, and a heart following God, those will only be setbacks for a new setups. 
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