Friday, July 18, 2014

Year 4, Day 199: Joshua 14

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Discipleship Focus: Provision

  • Provision: God gives us what we truly need.  God knows our needs better than we can know them.  We learn to trust God to provide for us.

This is a great chapter with which we can speak about provision.  Today we get to look at Caleb.  Here is a man who was a part of the initial scouting of the Promised Land, yet he was outvoted 10-2 about going into the Promised Land.  He wandered for 40 years while God meted out punishment upon the unfaithful Hebrews.

Caleb knew that God would provide for him.  Yet, Caleb’s provision didn’t come immediately.  Caleb had to wait 40 years for his faith to be rewarded.

Sometimes patience is required.  God will deliver us into the Promised Land, but it’s not always today.  It’s also not always tomorrow, either.  Sometimes God’s provision is 40 years in coming.

But Caleb waited.  Caleb was faithful.  Caleb was willing to stand by God in the wilderness and walk among the unfaithful in order to get to God’s provision.  How patient are you to get the provision God has for you?


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