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.
Joshua 14:13-14
The question is: what land has God given you to take?
Caleb asked Joshua to give him the land so he could drive out, the Lord helping him, the Anakites. He didn't focus on the enemy, he focused on the promise and the Lord his God who made the promise to be with him in the battle.
Sometimes we want the victory but we don't want the battle. That's one of the awful fruits of living in the land of entitlements, we begin to think good things are just given to us without cost. No, God calls us to battle, to labor, to seek, to knock, to find, to love and to serve. Like Caleb we need to be willing.
So back to the question: what land has God given you to take?
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