Joshua 13:1 (ESV) - Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.

Joshua 14:1–5 (ESV) - These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit. 2Their inheritance was by lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes. 3For Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. 4For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance. 5The people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land.

Proverbs 16:33 (ESV) - The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.

Ephesians 1:11–14 (ESV) - In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

1 Peter 1:3–4 (ESV) - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

Our inheritance is heaven!
Revelation 21:4 (ESV) - He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Numbers 14:24 (ESV) - But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

Caleb’s Confidence
Joshua 14:11 (ESV) - 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’s Request
Joshua 14:12 (ESV) - So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.”

Caleb’s Inheritance
Joshua 14:13 (ESV) - Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Traits of a Whole-Hearted Follower:
1. Trusted God (Numbers 13:30)

Traits of a Whole-Hearted Follower:
1. Trusted God (Numbers 13:30)
2. Stood firm in the face of threat and adversity (Numbers 14)

Traits of a Whole-Hearted Follower:
1. Trusted God (Numbers 13:30)
2. Stood firm in the face of threat and adversity (Numbers 14)
3. Enthusiastic Faithfulness

Traits of a Whole-Hearted Follower:
1. Trusted God (Numbers 13:30)
2. Stood firm in the face of threat and adversity (Numbers 14)
3. Enthusiastic Faithfulness
4. Clear Obedience

Traits of a Whole-Hearted Follower:
1. Trusted God (Numbers 13:30)
2. Stood firm in the face of threat and adversity (Numbers 14)
3. Enthusiastic Faithfulness
4. Clear Obedience
5. Authentic/Sincere

Today I want to challenge you to live wholly devoted!

Discussion Questions

1. Why would God tell Israel to use casting lots as a method for decision making? What is a better way of decision making that God has provided today?

2. Read Joshua 14:11-13. Share what you see present in Caleb by what he requests for his inheritance?

3. Which of the five traits of a whole-hearted follower is most evident in your life? Which is the least evident and why?

4. What is one way you can grow in a Caleb like devotion to the Lord?

5. Which one of the three Town Hall meetings for Continue the Journey do you plan to attend?