Joshua 13-15

I can’t imagine meeting 85 year-old Caleb son of Jephunneh.  I think he would have been a very scary man.  Scary not because of his appearance, but because of his faith.  He completely trusted God to do amazing things.  Scripture doesn’t reveal what it was in his life that increased his level of faith to that point, but it was a faith that he had for most of his life.  Just as his strength had not diminished between the ages of 40 and 85, so had his faith remained constant.  At the age of 40 he believed God would deliver the Promised Land into Israel’s hand, and 45 years later he saw the fruit of that faith.  I would think that his faith would have grown larger, and I believe that the verses in 14:6-12 show that it did.  Caleb asked for the hill country.  If he were looking at the upcoming battles from a human perspective the hill country would have been the worst destination.  It would have been easier to defend, and the terrain would have repelled most attackers.  But Caleb believed that God could do anything; even conquer the cities on top of a hill.

It took me about 15 minutes to read this passage.

Stuart