Stopped in chapter 14 this morning... challenged and inspired by Caleb's faith in Joshua 14:6-15. Here is an 85 year old man--the only aged man besides Joshua who saw both the wilderness and the promised land--who asks for the remaining city of giants as his inheritance, staking his claim on the promise God had given him forty-five years before. Man. I can just picture him standing there, eyes flashing boldly:
“Now, as you can see, the Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. So give me the hill country that the Lord promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the Lord is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the Lord said" (Joshua 14:10-12, NCV).I want that kind of faith. That unwavering confidence. That zealous spirit to recognize, claim, and strive after the realization of God's promises... in my own life, and in the lives of those around me. Amazing!
When I look back in Caleb's life, I see it rooted in two, simple things: (1) belief (that God is who He says and will do what He promises), and (2) obedience (putting feet to his faith). And I am encouraged... because Caleb's God, and my God... they are One and the same. Hallelujah!!!
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