“Waiting Like Caleb” is August 30’s entry from Dr. David Jeremiah’s ‘Turning Points with God: 365 Daily Devotions’.
"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 or she has always dreamed of? Maybe that person is you. Maybe you saved money for 10 years to take a vacation to Europe. Maybe you waited 30 whole minutes for your child to get off the computer. Or maybe it took you 5 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 in and take it–except for Joshua and Caleb. God made the rebellious generation wander in the wilderness for 40 years until they died off. Then the new generation, along with Joshua and Caleb, got to go into the Promised Land. 45 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.
To end, a quote from Francis of Assisi, “Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation.”
