Commitment to Christ is a daily calling.

一生一世，一心一意，跟随基督。

Because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it. Numbers 14:24

惟独我的仆人迦勒，因他另有一个心志，专一跟从我，我就把他领进他所去过的那地；他的后裔也必得那地为业。-民数记14章24节

Caleb was a “wholehearted” person. He and Joshua were part of a twelve-man reconnaissance team that explored the Promised Land and gave a report to Moses and the people. Caleb said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it” (Num. 13:30). But ten members of the team said they couldn’t possibly succeed. In spite of God’s promises, they saw only obstacles (vv. 31–33).

迦勒是“全心全意”的人。他和约书亚并其他十位探子，窥探了应许之地后，向摩西和以色列全会众汇报。迦勒说：“我们立刻上去得那地吧！我们足能得胜”（民数记13章30节）。但其他十位探子却说，他们不可能成功。尽管上帝已应许，他们却只看到阻碍（31-33节）。

Ten men caused the people to lose heart and grumble against God, which led to forty years of wandering in the desert. But Caleb never quit. The Lord said, “Because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it” (14:24). Forty-five years later God honored His promise when Caleb, at the age of 85, received the city of Hebron “because he followed the , the God of Israel, wholeheartedly” (Josh. 14:14).

这十个人让以色列百姓失去信心，并向上帝发怨言，导致他们在旷野漂流四十年。但迦勒从未放弃，正如上帝说：“惟独我的仆人迦勒，因他另有一个心志，专一跟从我，我就把他领进他所去过的那地；他的后裔也必得那地为业”（14章24节）。45年后，迦勒85岁时，上帝按照祂的应许将希伯仑赐给迦勒为业，“因为他专心跟从耶和华以色列的上帝”（约书亚记14章14节） 。

Centuries later an expert in the law asked Jesus, “Which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment” (Matt. 22:35–38).

新约时代，一个律法师问耶稣说：“律法上的诫命，哪一条是最大的呢？”耶稣回答说：“你要尽心、尽性、尽意，爱主你的上帝。这是诫命中的第一，且是最大的”（马太福音22章35-38节） 。耶稣要我们全心全意地爱我们的上帝。

Today Caleb is still inspiring us with his confidence in a God who deserves our wholehearted love, reliance, and commitment.

如今，迦勒对上帝的信心仍然激励我们。这位上帝配得我们全心全意地爱祂、信靠祂，并一生服事祂。

Lord, may we love You wholeheartedly

 today and follow You every day 

of our journey on this earth.

主啊，愿我们能全心全意地爱祢， 

愿我们在世上的每一天都专一跟随祢。

Numbers 13:26-32 New International Version (NIV)

Report on the Exploration

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.”

31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.

民数记 13:26-32Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified) (CUVMPS)

26 到了巴兰旷野的加低斯，见摩西、亚伦并以色列的全会众，回报摩西、亚伦并全会众，又把那地的果子给他们看。 27 又告诉摩西说：“我们到了你所打发我们去的那地，果然是流奶与蜜之地。这就是那地的果子。 28 然而住那地的民强壮，城邑也坚固宽大，并且我们在那里看见了亚衲族的人。 29 亚玛力人住在南地，赫人、耶布斯人、亚摩利人住在山地，迦南人住在海边并约旦河旁。”

30 迦勒在摩西面前安抚百姓，说：“我们立刻上去得那地吧，我们足能得胜！” 31 但那些和他同去的人说：“我们不能上去攻击那民，因为他们比我们强壮。” 32 探子中有人论到所窥探之地，向以色列人报恶信，说：“我们所窥探经过之地是吞吃居民之地，我们在那里所看见的人民都身量高大。

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