“No man shall be able to withstand you all the days of your life. Be strong and very courageous” (Joshua 1:1-9).
Caleb was one of the twelve spies Moses sent to spy out the land of Canaan. When they returned, ten of them had an evil, faithless report about the land. But only Caleb and Joshua spoke by faith. God rewarded Caleb’s faith by promising to give him a portion of the land as an inheritance. This land, as we would later discover in Joshua 14, was no ordinary land, but one filled with giants.
God has called you to a life of endless testimonies. Nevertheless, He doesn’t give you “free lands” to conquer; He gives you lands with giants. Some Christians don’t to like this idea; they wish they can just go on in life everyday without having to face any trouble. But God only allows troubles to come to you because He knows they’re like an exam; they challenge your faith, and overcoming them leads to your promotion.
Caleb overcame his challenges by faith. The Bible tells us how forty-five years after God made the promise to him, at the age of eighty-five, Caleb took his land and drove out the giants from it (Joshua 15:14).
When you encounter troubles in your walk of faith, God expects you to face them squarely and overcome them. Refuse to fear or worry, for anxiety never works. Instead, be strong and courageous. Be confident of the fact that the anointing of God is on your life; that anointing will make you bold, fearless and courageous, and your life will be a story of victory all the way.
Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for giving me the needed courage to stand strong in the midst of contrary situations. I’m fired-up by your Spirit today to see every challenge I face as an opportunity for promotion. I take on these challenges and win, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study
Joshua 14:6-12 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God…I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
(Taken by permission from Christ Embassy Church , aka Believer’s LoveWorld Ministries , Lagos, Nigeria. www.ChristEmbassy.org )
