At 85 years of age Caleb finally received the inheritance of land he was promised from God 45 years earlier. 45 years! That's a long time to wait for a promise and when it was finally given to him; he still had to clear out the Anakites who were decedents of Goliath. In fact Caleb is the only one who totally drove out the enemy from the land that was given. How could a man of that age conquer the most difficult territory in all of Canaan?
The Lord said of Caleb, "he has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly (Num. 14:24)." I believe it was a faith that did not falter, that enabled him to take hold of a strength that did not fail. It was a man who wholly followed the Lord, who was able to be wholly victorious.
Hebron the mountain top that Caleb claimed was the place he had laid eyes on when he first spied out the land with Joshua. It was also the same mount where Abraham decades earlier pitched his tent and spoke with God face to face. The name Hebron has in its meaning: fellowship, love and communion, how beautiful that this was the place Caleb cherished, pursued and fought to obtain. It is this place that we too must seek and claim, for it is our inheritance as well.
I pray that you too lay claim to Hebron
