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TOO OLD? I DON’T THINK SO! A Pondering by Holly Woodbridge
The kids and I are studying the book of Joshua on Wednesday nights this month. Joshua is a great warrior and a great leader. He inspires. But there is another old guy mentioned in the book that has lots to teach us, Caleb. Old, but strong, and he is faithful like his friend Josh. Joshua and Caleb had wanted to go into the Promised land 45 years earlier, but the people were afraid and would not trust God for the Victory. They had watched their generation fall away because of doubting hearts, but Joshua and Caleb held fast for 45 years. Nothing swayed their trust in the Almighty God. Nothing kept them from serving Him. Well, they are finally in the Promised land with the children of all their friends. They are now the oldest Israelites and Caleb approaches Joshua as the land is being divvied up. He says, Joshua 14 : “Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.” Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly. Caleb didn’t say, “Hey, I’ve done my time, let the young people do the work.” No, He walked with the younger generation, showing what faithfulness looks like. He was a role model as he fought and served side by side, shoulder to shoulder. The key was this phrase “the Lord helping me.” You are never too young or too old to serve Jesus. So if you find that you are just sitting on a pew each Sunday morning, get busy. You still have a work to do “the LORD helping you."
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Richard Clifford
10/16/2021 08:58:09 am
Yeah and amen! He is never done with us till we are on the other side of the Jordan! And the rest is up to God 🙏❤🙏
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