Reading
SAA Notes
Every one of the people of God had a place in the Promised Land – that place where God would walk and talk with His people again. Consider too the importance of family faith. It is Caleb’s nephew Othniel who becomes his heir and Israel’s first Judge after Joshua dies.
SJA Notes
* Dear God, prove us and try us, test our hearts and our minds – Your steadfast love is before our eyes, we walk in Your faithfulness.
“… Because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.”
Caleb loved the Lord, he walked in His God’s faithfulness.
Caleb was hale and hearty at eighty-five years old, strong as at forty – strong for war!
But that is not what recommends him.
Caleb was singular in his devotion. He chose to follow the Lord instead of man, he chose to trust in God’s power instead of wallowing in the fear of man.
Caleb was faithful in little and in much.
He wholly followed the Lord.
Can this be said of us?
It is a good example to encourage us onwards.
Choose the Lord today, choose Him and the life He brings!
* Lord God Above,
Thank You for the witness of Caleb.
Please help us to be singular in our devotion of You, rejecting idolatry in all its forms.
Thank You for the hope we have in Jesus, eternal life, and life to the full!
Thank You Lord!
Amen.