Can one only follow God partially? What would be the consequences for following God partially? Have you asked yourself if you are fully following Jesus? Not completely trusting in the Lord through one's actions and fearing man would be some reasons that prevent one from following God fully. If one does not fully follow God, would that mean one is in disobedience and rebellion?
Numbers 14:24 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 was one of the twelve spies. Out of the twelve, he was one described with a different spirit. What does this mean? Only Joshua and Caleb had faith in the Lord. Caleb had God's Spirit of Love for perfect Love cast out all fear.The other ten spies were frightened and shrank back. The other ten spies, even though, they were delivered from Egypt (salvation), saw the Red Sea Part, saw manna fall from the heavens, and etc had still doubted God. They were letting other spirits influence them. They were letting the spirit of fear and complaint influence them. This unholy contagious spiritual disease of fear and complaint continued to spread onto God's people. 
Numbers 14:27 How long will this evil congregation murmur against Me? I have heard the complaints the Israelites murmur against Me.
The ten spies (you can look at them as leaders) influenced thousands to walk in fear and not trust in God. And as a result, God sent a plague on the 10 spies. And moreover as a result, thousands, who were 20 years and older had to walk the wilderness and DIE. Were these not God's people?
If you rebel against God and do not repent, you will receive judgment in your life. One can say one has God but one has gone the other road of compromise. One may be deceived and one may have been led astray. Perhaps one's terminal sickness (plague) is a wake up call to repent and return to Him and to fully surrender to Him.
Numbers 14:35 (Amplified Bible) I the Lord have spoken; surely this will I do to all this evil congregation who is gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, plagues], and here they shall die.
Numbers 32:11 Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me
In fact, if we do not follow the Lord FULLY, He consideres it evil in His sight.
1 Kings 11:6 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as David his father did.
Our salvation walk on the narrow road must be finished. Even when we are close to the finish line, we can still rebel against God and be judged. You must persevere until the end. You must endure to the end. If you are moving from Glory to Glory, you will realize that the narrow road but gets narrower.
The secular world has its Nascar race called Nascar 500. I believe the main race goes 500 laps. A car can be on the 499th lap and it can burn and crash before the finish line. When it burns and crashes, all is lost. Our walk on the narrow road can be similiar. We must finish our race knowing we can still crash and burn on the last lap. Persevere and endure in all things my brethren.
Matthew 10:22 (Amplified Bible) And you will be hated by all for My name's sake, but he who perseveres and endures to the end will be saved [[a]from spiritual disease and death in the world to come
Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [ cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also].
Let us ask the Lord to search our hearts and let His Light reveal any areas in our hearts that have not been FULLY SURRENDERED to HIM. Let us repent and return to our first Love for He is returning soon for a Holy Obedient Bride!
Be blessed
Fire of God
Steve Kim
February 3, 2011
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