CALEB - THE OLD HERO WITH A BOLD DREAM (3 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Joshua 14:6-15
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Caleb - The Old Hero with a Bold Dream (3 of 5)
Series: Heroes
Jeff Strite
Joshua 14:6-15
OPEN: (A poem by Edgar A. Guest)
''Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied ''maybe it couldn't'',
but he would be one who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin on his face.
If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done - and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: ''Oh, you'll never do that; at least no one ever has done it''
But he took off his coat and he took of his hat, and the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out - one by one - the dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin
Just take off your coat and go to it.
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing that ''cannot be done,'' and you'll do it.''
APPLY: Dwight D. Eisenhower once said:
''Every tomorrow has 2 handles. We can take hold of tomorrow with the handle of anxiety or with the handle of faith.''
Today we're looking at the unusual story of Caleb.
He was an old man who took hold of his tomorrows with the handle of faith. He was an OLD man with a BOLD dream.
Years before the incident we're reading about here in Joshua, the book of Numbers tells of the time when Israel first arrived at the borders of Canaan. God had led the people of Israel out of their slavery in the land of Egypt and across the Red Sea. They'd just been to the Mountain of God and had received the 10 Commandments, and now… just a few days later… they're at the edge of the Promised Land.
A land God told them would be flowing with milk and honey.
A land God promised to give to them for their new home.
...
Series: Heroes
Jeff Strite
Joshua 14:6-15
OPEN: (A poem by Edgar A. Guest)
''Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied ''maybe it couldn't'',
but he would be one who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin on his face.
If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done - and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: ''Oh, you'll never do that; at least no one ever has done it''
But he took off his coat and he took of his hat, and the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out - one by one - the dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin
Just take off your coat and go to it.
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing that ''cannot be done,'' and you'll do it.''
APPLY: Dwight D. Eisenhower once said:
''Every tomorrow has 2 handles. We can take hold of tomorrow with the handle of anxiety or with the handle of faith.''
Today we're looking at the unusual story of Caleb.
He was an old man who took hold of his tomorrows with the handle of faith. He was an OLD man with a BOLD dream.
Years before the incident we're reading about here in Joshua, the book of Numbers tells of the time when Israel first arrived at the borders of Canaan. God had led the people of Israel out of their slavery in the land of Egypt and across the Red Sea. They'd just been to the Mountain of God and had received the 10 Commandments, and now… just a few days later… they're at the edge of the Promised Land.
A land God told them would be flowing with milk and honey.
A land God promised to give to them for their new home.
...
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