Day 3 - Give Me the Land of the Giants - Joshua 14:10-12

SCRIPTURE:

“...And here I am today, eighty-five years old!  I’m as strong as I was the day Moses sent me out. I’m as strong as ever in battle, whether coming or going. So give me this  hill country that God promised me. You yourself heard the report, that the Anakim were there with their great fortress cities. If God goes with me, I will drive them out, just as God said.”

DEVOTIONAL:

Roar! Caleb didn’t mess around. This guy was a total stud. He must have been driven by a powerfully deep walk with God

What transformed me: Caleb is one of my all-time favorite guys in the Bible. His faith was strong, his confession bold and his tenacity relentless. 

Remember, he survived the cut when the twelve spies came back from Canaan with their negative report. Over the previous forty years he had to live with the consequences of the negative  confessions of others. Oppor-tunity for bitterness? I think so. Caleb was audacious enough to ask for the very territory the other spies were terrified of; the land of the giants.

At eighty-five this guy asks for the toughest piece of land. He still believes God can bring victory in past places of defeat and fear. His victory in battle was the fulfillment of promises spoken long before. 

The story has an amazing conclusion. Not only does Caleb conquer the impossible, but  he gives the promise back to God by dedicating the heart of his conquest, Hebron, as a city of refuge.

Bitterness from other’s decisions? No.
Hopeless because God forgot him? No.
Too old to be used by God? No.
Positive and faith-filled? Yes!  

God give me a “Caleb spirit”!