10/22/2009 8:50 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Caleb a man of God
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Joshua 14:6-15
Message of the verses: “6
¶ Then the sons of Judah drew near to
Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,
"You know the word which the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God concerning
you and me in Kadesh-barnea. 7 "I
was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from
Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought word back to him as it was in
my heart. 8 "Nevertheless my
brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I
followed the LORD my God fully. 9
"So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your
foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your children forever,
because you have followed the LORD my God fully.’ 10 "Now behold, the LORD has let me live,
just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke
this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am
eighty-five years old today. 11 "I
am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me; as my strength was
then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in. 12 "Now then, give me this hill country
about which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim
were there, with great fortified cities; perhaps the LORD will be with me, and
I will drive them out as the LORD has spoken." 13 So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son
of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 14
Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance
of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day, because he followed
the LORD God of Israel
fully. 15 Now the name of Hebron was formerly
Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had
rest from war.”
Caleb is
one of my favorite people in the Bible and the reason why that Caleb is had
great faith in the Lord and he stood up for what the Lord had promised him. He reminded Joshua of what Moses had told him
when he, Joshua and the other ten spies came into the Land to spy it out, and
of course this was the turning point of the children of Israel as they believed
the other ten spies and so all of the first generation with the exception of
Joshua and Caleb died off during the next thirty-eight years of wondering in
the wilderness.
Caleb was
from the tribe of Judah and
was given a very important piece of property, for Caleb was given what is now
known as Hebron
and it was because of Caleb’s great faith that he was able to conquer this
land. Verse fourteen sums this up: “14
Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance
of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day, because he followed the LORD God of Israel fully.”
Lesson
number three in Warren Wiersbe’s book “Be Strong” from this section
states: “We are never too old to make
new conquests of faith in the power of the Lord. Like Caleb, we can capture mountains and
conquer giants if we wholly follow the Lord.
No matter how old we become, we must never retire from trusting and
serving the Lord.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: One of the great joys that I have is to read
of someone who has great faith in the Lord and follows the Lord such as Caleb
did, and therefore he is someone that I want to copy my life after for he fully
followed the Lord and He had great faith for the things that the Lord had
promised him and then went out and acted on that faith and was rewarded because
of it.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Trust the Lord to protect me through the putting on of the spiritual armor; the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, taking up the shield of faith, and putting on the helmet of salvation, and taking up the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
- Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
- Continue to learn contentment.
- Keep my mind set on the things above where Christ is seated.
10/22/2009 9:26 AM
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