Date: 03-25-2021

Title: Give Me That Mountain

(S) cripture:
    Joshua 14:6-12 (NLT2) A delegation from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb said to Joshua, “Remember what the LORD said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea. 7 I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the LORD, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report, 8 but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God. 9 So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.’ 10 “Now, as you can see, the LORD has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. 11 I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. 12 So give me the hill country that the LORD promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the LORD is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the LORD said.”

(O) bservation:
    When the land was being divided Caleb comes to Joshua and reminds him of the promise Moses made to him when he returned from spying out the land. I am sure that Joshua remembered because he was the other that advocated for moving forward and trusting the Lord while the other ten spies gave a negative report. Caleb is now 85 and ready to take the mountain and drive out the giants living there. He moved forward with the same energy and strength he had when he was spying out the land 45 years earlier.

(A) pplication:
    We tend to wind down in our “senior years” and let the young folks carry the load. This scripture reminds me that if I am drawing breath the Lord still has something for me to do. I may not be able to say with Caleb that I have the same strength and energy I had as a 40 year old but I still have something to offer and tasks to complete for the Lord. Today I renew my commitment to pursue all that God has for me and to do so with all the strength and energy I have. My desire is the same result that Caleb got – peace in the land.

(P) rayer:
    Lord, renew my energy and strength so I can follow you and do all you have for me to do. Let me conquer the giants that stand in the way and bring peace to those around me. Amen