Callin' All Calebs

Exploring Canaan
Numbers 13:30-32"Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, 'We should go up and take possession of the land for we can certainly do it.' But the men who had gone up with him said, 'We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are...'"

Numbers 14: 6-9 "Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes and said to the entire Israelite assembly, 'The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing of milk and honey, and will give it to us. Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.'"

How many of us are Calebs or Joshuas? How many of us look towards the positive instead of the negative? How many of us are willing to do the LORD's Will even against all odds and even when others think we are not going to succeed, and may even talk bad about us? After all, that is what Caleb and Joshua went through....but it wasn't just that they were talked bad about; some of the Israelites even suggested stoning them (Num 14:10).

We have to understand that in doing God's will, there are going to be many of our own brothers and sisters (Christians) who will try to cut down what we believe to be true and God's will in our own lives. They just don't understand. Should we condemn them for that way of thinking? Well, no...they just don't see as Caleb and Joshua did....the positive side...the God side of things.
They do not understand that we are "More than conquerors through HIM who loves us"(Rom. 8:37).

Listen to Caleb's words...they aren't just going to have mere victory over the giants of that land of Canaan, they are going to "swallow them up." That sounds like more than conquerors to me! It sounds like a divine appointment that they shouldn't miss.

How many of us get down when others don't see our vision? Sometimes it's hard to keep on truckin' in the way God wants us to go when we feel all the negativity around us....but we must keep striving towards HIM. We must TRUST in HIM. If we don't we will truly be miserable...caught in a rut never to reach our promised land...not to mention fall out of favor with the LORD. Oh yes, and not to mention have a dead faith (James 2:26).

Numbers 14:11-12 "The LORD said to Moses, 'How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they REFUSE TO BELIEVE IN ME in spite of all the miraculous signs I have given them? I will strike them with a Plague and DESTROY them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.'"

Well, I don't know about you, but I certainly don't want to be one of those who refuse to believe IN God. Just think of how many signs we ignore...writing them off as just a coincidence. Friends, those signs aren't just coincidence...they are divine signs from our El Shaddai. Our God of more than enough; all sufficient;God of strength and courage, power and promise.

Speaking of promise...
Joshua 14:13 "Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly."

Are we willing to follow God WHOLEHEARTEDLY? I know I am. I know that I am sick of running in circles just to try and please others besides the Living God. I know that I am unable to do anything but the Lord's will, and like Caleb and Joshua, I refuse to let anyone tell me different. I refuse to let mere people get in the way of my Canaan.

Negative Christians beware...God's callin' all Calebs!!