Seize the Moment – Day 682

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28
Jan '22

Seize the Moment – Day 682

Posted on Jan 28, 2022 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

28
Jan '22

Caleb, an 85-year-old Champion for God!

Joshua 15

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, January 28.

 

 Caleb’s story continued in Joshua 15 as Judah claimed their portion of the Promised Land. Not surprisingly, the land that Caleb was given required him to demonstrate, once again, the same faith that allowed him to give a faithful report forty-five years previously. Pay special attention to an important detail about the land Joshua entrusted to Caleb in Joshua 15:13-14:

 

Now he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of the Lord to Joshua, namely, Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron). Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.

 

There be giants in the land! The “three sons of Anak” are most likely the same giants that the spies would have seen forty-five years prior, for which the unfaithful spies reported in Numbers 13:33:
 
“There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
 
The same ones Moses spoke of in Deuteronomy 9:2,
 
“A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’”

 

Caleb was a rock star – an 85-year-old champion for God! But I want you to see one last detail, Caleb inspired the next generation with his faith. Othniel, who would become the first judge of Israel (Judges 3:9), took up Caleb’s challenge to continue the conquest (15-17; cf. Judges 1:11-13). Caleb’s faith and life of faithfulness was contagious and was passed on to Othniel (2 Timothy 2:2).

 

Seize the moment and walk faithfully with God! You never know who you will inspire to live like a champion for God.

God bless you!

 
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