Caleb's Name

^{Numbers 13
26} They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. ²⁷ They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. ²⁸ But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. ²⁹ The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."

³⁰ Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."

Caleb (in the book of numbers) was a man who stood up for God regardless of what others thought. He and Joshua were the only ones who came back to camp and said "Let's do it!"

In life we need people who will look at "those who are powerful and cities that are fortified and very large" and simply say "We can certainly do it!" I want my son to grow into a man who honors God with his desire to follow God and lead man. Caleb is being named as an encouragement from his parents to be 'faithful and bold'.