Let's look at one more lesson from the life of Caleb:
In accordance with the Lord’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah—Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, the sons of Anak. From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher). And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage (Joshua 15:13-17).
Notice that Joshua gave Caleb the land but then 85-year-old Caleb had to fight for what was his. Not only did he have to wait 45 years for his inheritance but then also had to exert effort to occupy it. And when he encountered one well-fortified area, he had to devise a special strategy to take it, which involved his daughter and her future husband.
Your purpose and creativity are gifts from God. There's nothing you can do to earn or merit them. However, once you know what they are, it's then up to you to make them what they can be, which is called your potential. Your job is then to develop your potential, and you don't really know what your capacity is or how much you can do until you get started and keep going.
Can you describe your gifts, purpose, and creativity? If you know them, what are you doing to come into their fullness? Do you have a strategy to get better and more proficient? Are you willing to fight to come into all that God has for you to do and be? Caleb waited in faith but then he exerted himself in faith to enter into the fullness of his land. God wants you to follow in his footsteps and do the same.
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