Caleb. Joshua 14

 

Joshua 14.  Caleb

 

Caleb was a man who “wholly followed the Lord.” He is now eighty-five years old, and he is as strong as the day Moses sent him into Canaan as a spy! Joshua and Caleb were certain with God’s help Israel would be victorious in taking the land.  The other ten spies saw giants in the land and wanted to return to Egypt. They wanted to go back to slavery, brickyards, the lash of the taskmasters, chains, shackles, and groaning under burdens.  The Lord Jesus said, “No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God” Luke 9:62. God had called Israel to go in to the land of Canaan, and Caleb believed it could be done. Even in the wilderness, Caleb thought of the future. He had great hope and it kept him young. Caleb thought of God and had freedom from fear. God was bigger than the giants.

 

Even today, troubles have not come to stay, they have come to pass.

 

Caleb for forty years in that wilderness was enjoying all the spiritual blessings that were his.

 

Someday we will be rewarded. We will not be rewarded according to our works or our prominence and popularity. We will be rewarded for following Christ.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.