YOU CAN HAVE YOUR LOT IN LIFE OR YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR MOUNTAIN

When the Israelites reached the promised land, the inheritance was divided by lot.

Joshua 14:1 These are the areas which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed as an inheritance to them. ² Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses

While millions of Israelites accepted their lot in life, the inheritance given them simply because of the tribe they were born into, Caleb by faith chose his mountain by faith.

Joshua 14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance, 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.

Caleb was able to do this because years earlier he chose to believe God rather than man.  

God had promised to give them the promised land and Moses sent in 12 men to spy out the land; of which Caleb & Joshua were two.  Caleb and Joshua, along with the ten other spies saw how large and strong the people were.  The other ten returned to Moses and told about the impossibility of the situation, causing the hearts of millions of people to melt and causing a delay in entering the land because of unbelief.   Caleb and Joshua chose to believe and were the only two of the previous generation to receive the promise.  

Caleb had been promised to receive not just what was his by lot but wherever the soul of his foot treaded.  

You know there's a scripture that says the devil is under our feet and another that says we have been given power to tread on serpents and scorpions and power over all the power of the enemy.  

It's not how strong an enemy or a situation is that determines whether you when but it's whether or not you choose to believe even if for the long run!  

Caleb and Joshua chose to believe and 40 years later Caleb said, "Give me this mountain!"  He could have accepted his lot in life which probably would have been good but he went to Joshua and reminded him of the promise and said, "Give me this mountain!" 

Caleb chose his mountain, which was more than his lot in life! Praise God!

Let's choose our mountain by wholly believing and following the Lord and then by saying to the Lord, "Give me this mountain- the one you promised me!" 

The Lord is surely a re-warder of those that diligently seek him and those that wholly follow.  

Here's just a few characteristics of Caleb that qualified him as wholly following:

• CALEB BELIEVED GOD
• CALEB OBEYED GOD
• CALEB DID NOT AGREE WITH THE COMPLAINERS AND GRIPERS
• CALEB DID NOT SPEAK WORDS OF DOUBT AND UNBELIEF
• CALEB WAS AN EXAMPLE TO A YOUNGER GENERATION
• CALEB STOOD THE TEST OF TIME
• CALEB ATTRIBUTED HIS STRENGTH TO GOD
• CALEB DID NOT ACCEPT HIS LOT IN LIFE
• CALEB REMINDED JOSHUA OF THE PROMISE MOSES MADE
• CALEB BELIEVED TO THE END AND COLLECTED ON HIS REWARD

May we all learn to wholly follow the Lord!