Caleb was 85 years old when he finally entered the promised land.
When you read all of Numbers chapter 14, you see the severe punishment of God to Israel for their murmuring, grumbling, but especially their disregard for His voice. "Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. (Numbers 14:22-24)
The Israelites feared their children would be plunder for the enemy. They murmured in disbelief of God’s loving care, protection and goodness. Even after seeing God do so many miracles before their very eyes, including the parting of the Red Sea.
Contrast that to Caleb and Joshua. Like David against Goliath, they had a bold confidence in God’s goodness, power and protection.
How are we doing in the face of giant evil?
Are we like murmuring Israel who had forgotten the many times they had seen God’s goodness?
Or does God have the great pleasure in seeing our bold confidence in His power, protection and goodness??
As we meditate on God’s Word, let us cleanse our hearts and repent of allowing fear, unbelief and forgetfulness rob us of the good plans God has for us and our children.
God is not slack concerning His promises. He is not hiding in the basement while sick pedophiles take over the world on the contrary. He sees. And He has heard the many prayers of His Children. And He is indeed judging the wicked and exposing everything done in secret.
This is not a time of murmuring and complaining. This is a time of great excitement when we see God in the details. He is indeed involved and moving throughout the earth, even now.
Let us all be like Caleb.
[Troi Nelson Cockayne]
Joshua 14:10-11 ... And now, look, the LORD has let me live, just as He said, these forty-five years since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, look at me, I am eighty-five years old today. 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. ❤
