45 years? Are You kidding me?

How long are you prepared to have faith and believe in God's promises?  Is there a point where you would give up and say I guess God isn't real?  Or are you all in?  Is the amount of time it takes irrelevant?

Joshua 14:6-12(NKJV)

6Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: “You know the word which the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea. 

7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. 

8Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the Lord my God. 

9So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ 

10And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old. 

11As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in. 

12Now 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.”

Think about that.  Caleb had faith in God's promise for 45 years and he showed up to collect on that promise at that allotted time.  We don't know if he had doubts in those 45 years.  What we do know is that he seemed pretty confident when he made his claim.

Are you that confident in God's promises?  Do you believe that He will always honor His promises?  Would you like to be sure?  Then spend time daily in prayer and in the Word seeking God.  Get to know Him.  You'll be glad you di