First, Caleb had a Visionary spirit!
Second, Caleb had a Vigorous spirit!
And
finally, Caleb had a Victorious spirit!
Here's what I'm talking about.
"Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the
land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is
with us. Do not be afraid of them." Numbers 14:9
That’s how winners talk!
I can imagine General George Patton saying
something like that to rally his troops before a battle.
I can hear Coach Coleman motivating his FCS
Eagle football team with words like these!
Winners win in their heads and in their
hearts before the win on the field of battle!
Caleb was a winner! I would follow him into
battle, wouldn’t you?
“Now
therefore, give me this mountain of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you
heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and
fortified. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall be able to
drive them out as the LORD said. So Joshua
blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance”
Joshua
14:12-13
If you need more examples of how victors
think and act, take notice of this verse! Look at what Caleb claims victory
over!
“give
me this mountain”
– it’s one thing to fight FROM a mountain but it’s quite another thing to fight
FOR the mountain! To fight FOR the mountain you must overcome the people who
are already ON that mountain! But Caleb said, “Bring it on! I’ll take that
mountain!”
That’s a victorious spirit!
“the
Anakim were there” – if it isn’t hard enough fight FOR the mountain imagine
the people ON the mountain were GIANTS! That is who the Anakim were! This is
how winners think! Caleb says, “I’ll take the mountain and whip the giants that
are up there!”
That’s a victorious Spirit!
“the
cities were great and fortified” – what do winners do after they take the
mountains and kill the giants? What they do is attack the fortified cities!
Caleb says, “First I’ll take the mountain, then I’ll smack down the giants and
when I’m done I will sack their cities!”
Is this guy serious? What’s wrong with him?
He’s a winner! That’s what winners do!
Are you ready to win?