Caleb

 

We can learn much from the life of Caleb.  Along with Joshua, Caleb brought back a good report from the Promised Land.  But the other ten spies spoke of a scary land: a land full of giants and fortified cities.  Yikes!!  The people were ready to stone Moses and flee back to Egypt.  Numbers 13:30 “And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.”  But the people didn’t follow Caleb’s advice.  So, for the next twenty years, the naysayers wandered through the Wilderness while Caleb watched.  Hey, that wasn’t fair!  He was ready to go into the Promised Land!  Why did he have to wander around with those losers?!  I am sure Caleb quietly nodded his head each time one of those men died in the Wilderness.  But in twenty years, when it came time to choose a new leader, it wasn’t Caleb that was chosen, it was Joshua.  But even then, Caleb wasn’t discouraged.  Caleb was patient.  He wasn’t wrapped up in himself; he was waiting on the Lord and waiting on God’s timing.  And God noticed Caleb and God was proud of Caleb.  God said in Numbers 14:24, “But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.”  God blessed Caleb and Caleb loved God.  Hey, how about you?  Is God pleased with you?  Do you make God proud?  If not, you can start today.  Just do it.