Waiting Like Caleb

The following, Waiting Like Caleb, was my daily email from the church. Last night's message was about Jacob wrestling with God for a blessing. The boys' reading this morning was about how God reminded the children of Israel of all he'd done for them. I'm hearing you, God! And we're hanging in there.

Today's Turning Point
Thursday, August 30
Waiting Like Caleb
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
Joshua 14:13
Do you know anyone who has had to wait a long time--a really long time--to do something he'd always dreamed of? Maybe that person is you. Maybe you saved money for ten years to take a vacation to Europe. Maybe you waited thirty whole minutes for your child to get off the computer. Or maybe it took you five years to get up the nerve to go bungee-jumping.
While waiting for anything in our hurry-up world is commendable, few people today wait as long as Caleb did. God had promised the children of Israel they would inherit Canaan, but they were too afraid to go up and take it--except for Joshua and Caleb. God made the rebellious generation wander in the wilderness for forty years until they died off (all except Joshua and Caleb). Then the new generation, along with Joshua and Caleb, got to go into their new Promised Land. Forty-five years after being ready to make a home in Canaan, Caleb finally got to do it (Joshua 14:10). He didn't complain, didn't give up, and didn't blame God. He just waited until God said, "Now is the time."
If you are waiting for something, do it like Caleb did. Good things come to those who wait on the Lord.
Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation.
Francis of Assisi
Recommended Reading
Numbers 13:1-33; 14:26-38