Joshua 14:10-12 - “Now then, just as
the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years
since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the
wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I
am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as
vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Now
give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You
yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were
large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out
just as he said.”
Caleb…the only other spy that brought a message of ‘we can
do this’ back to Moses when they first visited the land God was promising them…recalled
the promise God had given him when all the others had gone against he and
Joshua. Everyone that had said no to an immediate quest to take the land Canaan
had died in the last 45 years. Only
Caleb and Joshua had entered into the land and fought for the freedom they had
enjoyed for the last 7 years.
What a great reminder that we should never be afraid to ask
God….even be bold in our requests… to fulfill his promises to us. There are so many in the Bible…we could ask
God to fulfill a different one every day. One of the basics…that has become a
great strength for me personally… is his promise from Isaiah 26:3…"You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose
mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You." Everything else
can become a chaotic mess around me…but if I have God’s perfect peace…my spirit
will never get caught up in it.
Father...thank
you for the promises you allowed to be written into your word. Forgive me for
the times that I take any of them for granted. Forgive me also for not claiming
them every time I need one of them. Help
me to recall a promise that will give me the exact strength I need for each
situation you allow in my life. Then give me the boldness and patience of Caleb
to know when to ask. Amen.
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