Following Fully After God

Daily Scripture Threshing for Today, Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Today’s Text: Numbers 14:20–24

Key Verse: Numbers 14:24 (ESV) — “But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.”

Caleb followed God. He never went before Him. To go anywhere or step before God is presumption. True believers walk with God, and never before Him. The Lord has been calling us to follow Him in yielded living. To be yielded is not partial obedience—it is total surrender. When we follow God halfway, we forfeit His full promise. Caleb stands out not because he was flawless, but because he was a faithful follower. When others doubted, he believed. When others drew back, he pressed forward. The Scripture says he had “a different spirit”—a heart wholly yielded to God’s will, not swayed by fear or public opinion.

To “follow fully” means to obey God even when His instructions appear inconvenient, unpopular, or misunderstood. It is to walk by faith, not by familiarity. The yielded heart does not negotiate divine direction; it embraces it. God honors those who honor His voice, not those who analyze His logic. Caleb’s reward was generational—your faithfulness of today secures you an inheritance tomorrow.

Following God fully often requires laying down our own plans. Yielding is not just a moment of surrender but a lifestyle of submission. It means saying, “Lord, not my way, but Yours.” We have emphasized how our yield-test when it comes to God has a lot to do with mammon. By now we know that a truly yielded believer trusts God’s process even when the path feels uncertain. Remember, obedience is the language love speaks when faith listens.

Beloved, let this be your posture in life and ministry: to follow God fully wherever He leads, with whomever He sends, and however He chooses. When we yield to His authority, we access His ability. It is not possession or success that defines us—it is surrender. The truly strong and blessed are those whose hearts are completely yielded to the Lord’s command. Caleb followed God fully, and was blessed with the land into which he went, and his descendants possess it.

Action Step: Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any area of incomplete obedience in your life. Ask for a different spirit, like Caleb's, that will help you not just to be a religious freek, but one fully surrendered. Take one step of yielded faith where you’ve previously hesitated or delayed.

Quote for the Day: “The believer's measure of surrender determines his measure of destiny. No halfhearted person is ever fully rewarded.” — (Simon Olatunji, #qoutableqoute)

Let us Pray: Dear Heavenly Father, Giver of grace and Guide of glory, teach me to follow You fully. Deliver me from half-hearted obedience and hesitant faith. Give me the spirit of Caleb—a loyal heart that trusts Your word above sight. Lead me in paths of complete surrender that I may walk in Your promises. Make my will one with Yours, in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.

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Thank you for threshing the Word with me today. For further study, please read Deuteronomy 1:35–36; Joshua 14:6–14; Matthew 16:24–25; Luke 9:62.

With love and prayers,

Simon Wale Olatunji, Ph.D.

Your Darling Bishop (DaBishop)

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