Daily Devotions

Num 14: 24

Because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.

When Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and they were at the edge of the Promised Land, he sends 12 spies to spy out the land. Ten of them came back with negative and discouraging reports whereas Joshua and Caleb came back with good reports. Because both of them had a positive spirit, God said in today’s scriptures that He will bring Caleb into the Promised Land and will also allow his descendants to inherit it.

God fulfilled this promise 45 years later in Joshua 14: 14 “Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.” Clearly we can see the love of God and his blessing upon those who are faithful and obedient to His commands. This blessing does not only come upon those who are obedient, but it also flows down to the future generations.

God promised this and He did it as seen in the case of Caleb. We are promised that God’s words and promises are eternal, what he has promised the patriarchs do not stop there but His love and promises are the same. God is eternal and His words and promises are also eternal.

Jesus told us that every word that has been spoken in scriptures will be fulfilled and His very mission was to fulfill God’s promises. This is a strong encouragement for all believers that whatever promises that God had given to the patriarchs, all these will eventually be fulfilled and we His children today will be able to receive the fulfillment of his promises made long ago.

As for heads of families today, we have even a greater responsibility to be like Joshua and Caleb to be faithful and obedient to God’s command upon our lives. Just as God’s blessing came upon the descendants of Caleb, the same blessing of God can also come upon our future generations and to secure that, we must obey God just as Joshua and Caleb did.