Trusting the Promise Maker

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)

Caleb stood on a hill, looking over the land. His eyes and heart couldn’t get any bigger. Finally, his people would have a home—a good land where they could live in freedom.

He had been here some forty years before. He and others had gone in to spy out the place. Amazing! They found grape clusters so big that two people had to carry each one. But when they brought the report back, the other spies cried about big warriors—giants—defending the land. Caleb attempted to talk sense into them: didn’t they serve a God bigger than any man, any army? But they only tried to shut him up, and they threatened to kill their leaders.

God stepped in, saving them. The people’s doubt of the Lord’s promise and power was sin. Their punishment was to not receive the blessing of the land.

So, they turned back to the desert and wandered for decades. Day after day, traveling, scraping by, failing, dying, until all of Caleb’s generation, except Joshua, was gone. Then, God fulfilled his promise that Caleb and all his descendants would live in the land. At the age of 85, with the strength of his youth, Caleb led the charge. His men took the hill country and finally settled into a home. He saw his grandkids play in peace.

Does something God has promised you seem out of reach? Keep your eyes on the Lord. Let his Spirit guide you. Then hold on for his blessing.

SPIRITUAL FITNESS TRAINING

Have you ever found yourself in a wilderness season, wandering and waiting for the Lord to guide you? Pick a day this week to go for a walk by yourself. Talk to God about all your fears, doubts, and desires. Then allow some space for the Lord to respond. He longs to hear from you and has things he wants to share with you, too...

INSPIRATION

“We like to control the map of our life and know everything well in advance. But faith is content just knowing that God’s promise cannot fail. This, in fact, is the excitement of walking with God.”

—Jim Cymbala, American author and pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York City

KEEP IT GOING

Related passages: These additional verses will help you expand Scriptural knowledge and place on the armor of God’s Word to tackle each day. Refer to the tabbed Bible references to read the passages today.

Numbers 13:30

Joshua 14:11

2 Timothy 1:7

1 John 5:4–5