Caleb Followed The Lord | The Institute for Creation Research

Caleb Followed The Lord

"But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it" (Numbers 14:24).

Caleb was "my servant," according to the Lord's own testimony, and a remarkable servant he was! He--except for Joshua--was the only one of the twelve spies who was willing to follow Him all the way, even in spite of the giants in the land. Therefore, he alone was allowed to go with Joshua into the Promised Land.

Six times in the Bible, first of all here in our text, we are told that Caleb "wholly followed the Lord." Of no one else in the Bible is this testimony repeated so frequently. In addition to God's witness at the beginning of the forty years in the wilderness, Moses so testified at the end: "Caleb the son of Jephunneh . . . and Joshua the son of Nun . . . have wholly followed the LORD" (Numbers 32:12). At that time, God also said: "To |Caleb| will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD" (Deuteronomy 1:36). Therefore, this land was given him by Joshua "because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel" (Joshua 14:8-9, 14).

To possess it, however, Caleb had to conquer the land he wanted, the mountain of Hebron. At this time, he was 85 years old, at least 25 years older than any other man in Israel. Yet he and his family alone, of all the tribes who entered the land, were able to complete God's command to drive out all the pagan inhabitants from his inheritance--even though these were the same fearsome giants who had so terrified the ten spies forty-five years earlier (Joshua 14:12-15; 15:13-17)!

Likewise, Jesus says to us today: "If any man serve me, let him follow me; . . . if any man serve me, him will my Father honor" (John 12:26). HMM

The Latest
NEWS
Valued Longtime ICR Employee Mary Smith Retires
Mary Morris Smith, an employee of the Institute for Creation Research for many years, has retired. The second daughter of ICR founder Dr. Henry M. Morris...

NEWS
Man of Science, Man of God: George Washington Carver
Who:  George Washington Carver What: Father of Modern Agriculture When: 1864 or 1865 – January 5, 1943 Where: Diamond Grove,...

ACTS & FACTS
The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Battle of Worldviews
Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, and its statue of William Jennings Bryan Image credit: M. Mueller The Scopes Monkey...

ACTS & FACTS
Long Non-Coding RNAs: The Unsung Heroes of the Genome
Evolutionary theory holds that all living things came about through random, natural processes. So conventional scientists believe the genome has developed...

ACTS & FACTS
Yosemite National Park, Part 1: Tiny Clues of a Grand Picture
Yosemite National Park in California is a sure source of stunning scenery. It’s no wonder that American naturalist John Muir persuaded President...

ACTS & FACTS
From Inference to Theory: A Common Design Case Study
Without a doubt, humans, chimpanzees, and other organisms share similar features. An early explanation was that these features reflect similar designs...

ACTS & FACTS
Creation Kids: T. rex
by Michael Stamp and Susan Windsor* You're never too young to be a creation scientist and explore our Creator's world. Kids, discover...

ACTS & FACTS
Entering By The Door
Recently, I hosted a visiting pastor from a large church at ICR’s Discovery Center. As I guided him through our Dallas museum, one conversation...

ACTS & FACTS
Creation Mission in Fiji
Michele discusses pages from Explore the World with boys at an orphanage Image credit: Brian Thomas In 2024 my wife, Michele,...

NEWS
Distant Galaxies Continue to Challenge the Big Bang
Recently, a team of scientists released data collected from 800,000 galaxies at different distances from Earth, all lying within the same narrow slice...