DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries)
NOVEMBER 5, 2026
READ: Joshua 15 (Focus vs. 13-19)
MEMORY VERSE
“Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.” Joshua 15:19
BACKGROUND
With his team winning comfortably, Philadelphia Eagles’ superstar football player Saquon Barkley rested on the bench. There was no need for him to continue playing.
Then his coach approached and told him he was close to breaking a record. Would he like to go back in? “I’m good,” said Barkley. “I’d rather see the young boys eat.” Barkley chose to give up a record so his young teammates could get playing time.
When Israel inhabited the promised land, Caleb was one of only two Israelites to survive the exodus all the way from Egypt (see Numbers 14:30).
He’d enjoyed military success and had driven out an enemy nation (Joshua 15:14). Now, as he faced a Canaanite stronghold, he said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher” (v. 16). Othniel did so, and Aksah married him.
Caleb gave them land in the Negev desert (v. 19), but Aksah approached her father with a request. “Do me a special favor,” she said. “Give me also springs of water” (v. 19).
For four decades, Caleb had toiled to get to the promised land. Still in good health (14:10-11), he could have kept the valuable springs for himself. But he didn’t.
Accumulating things for ourselves never means as much as we expect it to. Personal records get broken. Our possessions go to others. Let’s give while we live. As Saquon Barkley said, “[Let] the young boys eat.”
Tim Gustafson
INSIGHT
In Joshua 15:13-19, we read about Caleb’s generosity when he gave away the land with valuable springs. Generosity is a recurring theme throughout the Bible and was one of the refreshing attributes of the early believers in Jesus.
Their embrace of Christ and His teaching was reflected in their openhandedness. Luke says, “All the believers were one in heart and mind.
No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had…God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them” (Acts 4:32-34).
The early church lived together as a community which factored into how they functioned, but they also demonstrated their love for Jesus by caring for the needs of others.
Today, we can ask God to give us compassion for others and show us how to be generous with what He’s given us.
Arthur Jackson*
APPLICATION
What have others given to you? What has God given you that you might share with others?
PR’s (Pastor Richard) RE-EMPHASIS (From Today’s Post
“Accumulating things for ourselves never means as much as we expect it to. Personal records get broken. Our possessions go to others. Let’s give while we live.”
PR’s TAKE
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal (give), it shall be measured to you again.” Luke 6:38
When we give we reflect the heart of God. Pr
PRAYER
“Generous Father, please help me wisely share what You’ve given me.”
TODAY’S HYMN/WORSHIP/PRAISE/GOSPEL SONG
“YOU CAN’T BEAT GOD GIVING”
You can’t beat God giving, no matter how you try.
For just as sure as you are living
and the Lord is in heaven on high.
The more you give, the more He gives to you,
but keep on giving because it’s really true
That you can’t beat God giving, no matter how you try.
He sends the sun, and He sends the rain
He sends the harvest, golden grain
And He comes to see me, every now and then
Because He’s my best friend.
You can’t beat God giving, no matter how you try.
For just as sure as you are living
and the Lord is in heaven on high.
The more you give, the more He gives to you,
But keep on giving because it’s really true
That you can’t beat God giving, no matter how you try.
