I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming.
Caleb is eighty-five years old, standing in front of Joshua, and instead of asking for somewhere quiet to retire, he asks for a mountain — the same mountain full of fortified cities and giants that terrified everyone else forty-five years earlier. "I am still as strong today," he says, "as I was in the day that Moses sent me."
What's easy to miss is what kept Caleb's strength intact for forty-five years while an entire generation died wandering in the wilderness for their fear. The text elsewhere says he had a different spirit — he simply believed the promise when everyone else believed the obstacle. That's not really about physical stamina. It's about what someone chooses to keep believing decade after decade.
Maybe you've written yourself off from something because of your age, your history, or how long you've already waited. Caleb's whole story argues against giving up on a promise just because time has passed. Some things don't expire just because you got older waiting for them.
If there's a promise you gave up on simply because too much time has passed, Caleb's story might be worth reconsidering it against.
A short video on this is coming soon — for now, read on.