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'I'm still as strong today' JOSHUA 14:10
When, at the Olympics in 1996, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey ran the 100 metres in 9.84 seconds, he broke the world record and was hailed as the world's fastest man. After his big win experts who critiqued videos of the race made an interesting discovery: Bailey never once lost momentum. In fact, he was still accelerating as he crossed the finish line; even though he was running at over 30 mph!
Over the last couple of days we've looked at events from the book of Joshua. Well later on in that story we find out some amazing things about his best mate Caleb. Check this out: 'So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I'm still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then' (Joshua 14:10-14 NIV).
Caleb was a guy who still had momentum when he was an old geezer; don't you want to be like that! It's clear that Caleb wasn't one of life's sprinters, his aim wasn't top speed, he wanted to go the distance. And that's exactly what he did by not allowing his strength to be sapped by taking pointless detours.
Maybe he inspired the Apostle Paul hundreds of years later who wrote 'I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward' (Philippians 3:14 NIV)
written by Bob Gass
