What Is In A Name?

My wife and I recently had a baby boy. As we were discussing names ahead of time we felt like it was important that his name be more than just a name we liked, we wanted it to mean something. We looked at many names and the one we felt was the one for him was Caleb. Who was Caleb? He was a man the Bible says followed God wholeheartedly. That would be a great legacy to leave.

After the 12 spies came back from the Promised Land with their report, 10 say the physical issues and 2 saw God. The people of Israel began to grumble and Caleb stood up and addressed the whole assembly. He remembered what God had done for them in the past knew what God would do. How many times do we see God working in our lives, maybe we even have seen God provide a miracle and yet we don't trust Him with the things he says he will do?

God takes each of us on a journey in life, sometimes the journey is a scary time if we look at the physical problems. The issues may look to large to handle on our own strength but with God's help we can do it! I was thinking many of us have cars, we think nothing of jumping in the car and making a trip downtown or even 100 or 200 Km from home, even in weather that is not the nicest. What would you think of someone who wouldn't go anywhere they couldn't walk to even though they had access to the car? We would think that funny if they stayed home when their car would get them there no problem. We have God. He asks us to enter situations that are no problem with Him, yet we say I can't do it on my own strength so I am not going to do it. That is just something to think about.

Caleb saw the need for God, it wasn't that he didn't see how nerve-wracking it would be, but with God's help he was ready to take on giants.