How to Stare Down Giants

But my servant Caleb isn’t like the others. So because he has faith in me, I will allow him to cross into Canaan, and his descendants will settle there.

Numbers 14:24 (CEV)

What giants are you staring down today? A math test? Trying out for the track team? Getting through another day with your parent away?

Caleb had stared down some giants. As a young man, he was one of twelve men Moses, Israel’s leader, had sent to spy on the land God was going to give his people.

You wouldn’t believe what they saw! There were (literal) giants inhabiting the land! When some of the leaders fearfully reported back to their people, the Israelites were terrified. But Caleb stood firm in his faith in God’s promise, and encouraged his people that God is bigger than any giant.

The people were angry, and they wanted to kill their leaders. Then God stepped in and prevented it. God was not pleased, so he let them wander in the wilderness for years until all the adults died and the children grew up. Caleb and Joshua were the only older men remaining when God finally allowed them to go into the promised land.

Caleb was 85 when he went back into that place, but he was as strong as ever. He led warriors into battle and won the land that he knew God had given him.

Caleb was looking at God, not the problems. When God tells you to go forward, don’t look at the giants. Look at him!

SPIRITUAL FITNESS TRAINING

Caleb was bold because he had seen God do mighty things. What have you seen God do? Have you told anyone about it? Write it out in a journal or on a piece of paper for them to read.

PRAY

Thank you, God, for leading Caleb . . . and me! Help me to keep my focus on you.

KEEP IT GOING

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