How to Follow God Fully: Believe on Him and His Promises

"And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD." (Deuteronomy 1: 34-36)

Many Christians wonder what it takes to follow God fully.

It's not about what we do.

It's about believing on Him and receiving His promises.

Consider Caleb.

How did this man of God follow Him fully?

He believed God that He had given the Israelites the Promised Land:

"And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it." (Numbers 13:30)

And then

"6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 7And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not." (Numbers 14: 6-9)

Notice that Caleb pointed out how the Lord delighted in them. God was not angry with the Israelites, His chosen people. He did not hate them.

He wanted them receive this wonderful Promised Land, and had laid out this guarantee early on.

God had said to Moses:

"And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey." (Exodus 3:17)

Caleb believed that God not only had given them the land, but that He would make them victorious over their enemies.

God recognized Caleb's faith:

"23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it." (Numbers 14: 23-24)

He had "another spirit", a spirit of faith which took God at His Word!

"8Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. 10And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old." (Joshua 14: 8-10)

Do you want to be recognized by God as someone who follows Him wholly?

Believe Him! Believe on Him and take Him at His Word when it comes to His promises:

"6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11:6)