CLM 201 Caleb: Two Footnotes

Thu, 27 Feb 1997

Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list No. 201 Here's another daily meditation from my recent book of devotions 'Sunrise Sunset' (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco). Feel free to use/adapt it. These appear regularly on our mail-list. CALEB: TWO FOOTNOTES Caleb wholeheartedly followed the Lord. Joshua 14:14. Caleb apparently had good relationships with others. He wasn't part of the rebellion against the leadership of Moses and Aaron. There's no hint about a leadership struggle between himself and Joshua: he was willing to be accountable. He wasn't even elected second-in-command of the army when Moses died. But when he came to Joshua to claim his inheritance they had the sort of relationship that led Joshua spontaneously to bless him. Isn't that nice? Then there was his obedience. Caleb's eulogy (Joshua 14:14): he 'faithfully obeyed the Lord' (GNB); he 'wholly followed the Lord' (RSV). I wonder if they'll say that about me, about you? Obedience means that when our Lord, our Master, our King asks us to do something there are no questions... When all your ideals are shattered; your hopes are broken, your dreams are dead. Occasionally there's a brilliant insight into the Promised Land - you are beckoned forward. Sure there are many trials and tests; they seem like giants. But don't turn back; don't wander in the wilderness. The borders of the Promised Land are littered with the bodies of those who gave up. As your days so shall your strength be. Lord, give me a little of Caleb's faith, hope, courage, easy-going nature, and his obedience... I wonder what my eulogy will say? Amen. Shalom! Rowland Croucher

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