Give Me This Mountain
In a recent podcast , Sister Camille Fronk Olson spoke about the story of Caleb. He was one of the two, along with Joshua, who had given a good report of the promised land when Moses sent the 12 spies into the land of Canaan. She highlighted the Lord’s fulfilment of His promises to Caleb in Joshua 14 and summarized, “Joshua is assigning the territory for the tribe of Judah and the sons of the faithful man in the wilderness who had died that would inherit in their father’s name. Caleb is one of those who didn’t die that actually gets to come in himself, he and Joshua. He tells us in verse seven that he was 40 years old when Moses sent him to go spy out the land with Joshua and the other 10. Now, verse 10, it is 45 years later. You can see that by this time, probably at least five years or more have passed since they crossed over the Jordan River and they’re conquering. He is now end of verse 10, 85 years old. I am this day four score and five years old. He has been in this area th...
