Caleb
Caleb is the story of a common man, born a slave in Egypt, living as a nomad as a part of the Israelites in the desert, who demonstrated great faith in God in his youth, but did not realize the benefits until many years later. Joshua 14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
His name had the connotation of relentlessly persecutes or follows his enemies. This is borne out in his life as 6 different times in scripture he wholly followed the Lord no matter the opposition. Num 14:24, 32:12, Deut 1:36, Josh 14:8, 9, 14
Read Joshua 14:6-15 Joshua received health, comfort and peace for himself and his children for generations because he wholly followed the Lord.
Read Numbers 13-14
As we are all born in bondage as slaves to sin, God has called each of us to know Him and obey His purpose in our lives. We can choose to ignore Him to our destruction, or wholly follow Him as Caleb did for a future of life, peace here for us and our family, and forever with Him.
What does it mean to wholly follow the Lord?
A. You will see things other people don't see.
Num 13:33 we saw the giants - as grasshoppers (the 10 others) but Caleb 14:9 they are bread for us, their defense is departed from them and the Lord is with us, fear them not.
Mark 4:24 Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear...and to you who hear, more will be given.
B. You will believe things other people will not believe
Num 14:1 people wept..in unbelief
Num 14:8 If the Lord delight... Caleb understood Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
C. You will do things other people will not do.
Num 13:30, 31 Caleb - let us go up at once - 10 men - we are not able
Num 14:24 “But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.
You will have the protection of the Lord.
God's Purpose in calling you Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
God's Provision 2 Peter 1:3 ..His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
God Protection I John 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.