Caleb: Character

I may never be called to be a martyr. I may never be hung or killed for my faith. But, I will be put in a place where trusting God's promises will put me in the minority. Will I be one to stand up?  I hope that by the time I account for my life I will be able to count on more than one hand the number of times that I stood on the Truth and pleaded God's case to people. 

Joshua 14:6-15

Hebron Given to Caleb

 Now the men of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.  So on that day Moses swore to me, 'The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.'

 "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 desert. 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."

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.) 
      Then the land had rest from war.

God keeps his word. Sometimes we just don't know what is in store. Caleb trusted what he did know. He knew God promised his people the land. He wholeheartedly trusted God's promises. In return, Caleb had to still endure the wondering in the desert but in the end, only he and Joshua overcame the struggle and stepped foot on the land God had promised. 

^{Matthew 22:14} "For many are called, but few are chosen."

Will you overcome? You are called. Will you endure, regardless of the journey. His promise will endure and in the end we are all promised eternal life. 

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