DAILY READINGS: Deut. 34; Hos. 6:4 to 7:16; Luke 19:1-28
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake
in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were
there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD
will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the
LORD said. Josh. 14:12
As he said these words to Joshua, Caleb was eighty-fi ve years old. He
could say that he had wholly followed the Lord throughout his life.
Now in old age he was ready for another batt le. Following the Lord
in faith and obedience all of those years left him spiritually vital in old
age. What a man! He is an example for us today. —Donald Norbie
Make us Thy mountaineers; we would not linger on the lower slope.
Fill us afresh with hope, O God of hope,
That undefeated we may climb the hill,
As seeing Him who is invisible. Let us die climbing. —Amy Carmichael