A tree provides woodworkers some valuable materials, and it takes time for that tree to grow.

Here's Tom Ellif.

Wood has character. It's formed by consistency, year after year, after dry years, wet years, heavy wind, some disease, wood has character.

And our character is firmed up by consistency.

This is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee DeMoss for Wednesday, March 25th.

Music hearts with Nancy Lee-D-Moss for Wednesday, March 25th. Throughout this year, Nancy's been taking us through the life of Joshua. We've been inspired to follow God's lead, even in fearful situations. We've seen why it's

so important to be a learner and a follower. There are still upcoming series on The Life of Joshua,

but we're taking a break to look at a related topic. Here's Nancy to explain. Well, today we're going to

hear part two of a message by Dr. Tom Elif that we started listening to yesterday.

A message on the life of Caleb called Finishing Well.

And as I was developing this series on the Life of Joshua, I thought back to the conference a few years ago where I heard Dr. Elif give this message,

and I remembered how touched my own heart was at the time, and I wanted to share it with you as well.

If you didn't get to hear the first part of this message yesterday,

I hope that you'll order a copy of the CD of the entire message.

We'll tell you how to get that at the end of today's broadcast.

Now here's Dr. Tom Eliff, who serves with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, preaching

on the life of Caleb, finishing well. Character is firmed by our consistency.

It becomes firm, just like the rings, the successive rings in the trunk of a tree.

Year after year after year, our character becomes firmed or firmed up or fixed by consistency, making the right choices over and over and over

and over again. My daddy, my daddy loves wood. Now build us too, all of us do. I guess we, in our family,

you've got to have a wood shop. Whether you ever have time to go out there or not, you got to have a wood shop. Whether you ever have time

to go out there or not, you got to have a wood shop. In fact, if you get a family reunion, everybody has to go out and look at you. Well, do you have a super blue die whopping double cramp out here? No, I don't have that. Well, that'll be your next Christmas present, you know. My dad loves wood. And so when I was growing up, my dad taught us,

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