What Must You Conquer to ‘Possess the Land’ God Has Promised You?
Need inspiration? Check out 85-year-old Caleb’s story
“I must have done something to get on his radar because these past two weeks have been really hard.”
I only assume my colleague meant Satan when she said that as we brewed coffee and set up condiments for the building.
She voiced the fear that had kept me from following God wholeheartedly until recently. Whole-heartedly as in serving Him in a way that would put me on Satan’s radar as an enemy who could do him damage. I’ve read what he did to Job, after all, and I had suffered enough personal loss to hold my heart close.
If I hadn’t decided to embrace God’s call and go all-in for Him, I think the story of Caleb might have pointed me in that direction. Even with a renewed commitment, his story challenges me.
Ready to act on faith
Caleb had audacious faith. Faith enough to silence the naysayers all around him. Faith enough to speak his mind. Faith enough to stick to his story even when everyone around him wanted to stone him for it. Faith that God — and his spry 85-year-old self — could win the battle for a prize piece of land. Promised land.
