2026年10月5日
今日经文
约书亚记 13:1
“约书亚年纪老迈，耶和华对他说：‘你年纪老迈了，还有许多未得之地。’”
约书亚记 14:12
“求你将耶和华那日应许我的这山地给我……耶和华照他所应许的与我同在，我就把他们赶出去。”
灵修
神对年老的约书亚说：
“还有许多未得之地。”
这并不是责备约书亚，而是在告诉他：虽然人生进入新的阶段，神的计划还没有结束。
约书亚的角色开始改变。他不再需要一个人完成所有征战，而是要分配产业，让下一批人起来承接。
就在下一章，八十五岁的迦勒站了出来。
面对“还有许多未得之地”，他的回应不是：
“我已经老了，让年轻人去吧。”
而是：
“把这山给我！”
更特别的是，那座山并不好得。那里还有亚衲族人，还有高大坚固的城。
但迦勒没有把目光放在巨人身上，也没有把目光放在自己的年龄上。他记得的是四十五年前神给他的应许。
他的信心也不是：“我还有能力。”
而是：
“耶和华若与我同在。”
这就是迦勒的秘诀。
四十五年的等待，没有使他的信心衰老；八十五岁的年龄，也没有使他的呼召退休。
神说：
“还有许多未得之地。”
迦勒回应：
“把这山给我。”
今日默想
人生走到不同阶段，我们很容易计算自己还有多少时间、多少能力，却忘了问：
神还有什么托付没有完成？
也许我们不能再用过去的方法前进，也许角色已经改变，但只要神仍然带领，就仍然可以有新的承接。
真正的信心不是说：
“我还年轻，我还可以。”
而是说：
“主若与我同在，我仍愿意去。”
今天，当神让我们看见“还有未得之地”，愿我们有迦勒的心：
不因年龄退后，
不因等待放弃，
不因巨人惧怕，
不因困难降低神的应许。
主啊，在这些未得之地中，哪一座山是祢要我承接的？
若这是祢所应许的——把这山给我。
There Is Still Land to Possess — Give Me This Mountain
October 5, 2026 | Monday
Scripture
Joshua 13:1
“When Joshua had grown old, the LORD said to him, ‘You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.’”
Joshua 14:12
“Now give me this hill country that the LORD promised me that day… The LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”
Devotional
God said to the aging Joshua:
“There is still much land to possess.”
This was not a rebuke. God was showing Joshua that although he had entered a new season of life, God’s purpose was not finished.
Joshua’s role was beginning to change. He did not have to fight every remaining battle himself. He was now to distribute the inheritance and allow others to rise up and possess what God had promised.
Then, in the very next chapter, eighty-five-year-old Caleb stepped forward.
When he heard that there was still land to possess, his response was not:
“I am already old. Let the younger generation do it.”
Instead, he said:
“Give me this mountain!”
What makes this even more remarkable is that this mountain would not be easy to possess. The Anakites were still there, and the cities were large and fortified.
But Caleb did not focus on the giants. Neither did he focus on his age.
He remembered the promise God had given him forty-five years earlier.
His confidence was not simply:
“I am still strong enough.”
His confidence was:
“The LORD will be with me.”
That was Caleb’s secret.
Forty-five years of waiting had not weakened his faith. At eighty-five, his calling had not retired.
God said:
“There is still much land to possess.”
Caleb responded:
“Give me this mountain.”
Today’s Reflection
As we enter different seasons of life, it is easy to calculate how much time, strength, or ability we have left.
But perhaps there is a more important question:
What has God entrusted to me that is still unfinished?
We may no longer move forward in exactly the same way as before. Our roles may change, but as long as God continues to lead us, there is still something new to receive and possess.
True faith does not say:
“I am still young, so I can do it.”
True faith says:
“If the Lord is with me, I am still willing to go.”
When God shows us that there is still land to possess, may we have the heart of Caleb:
Not retreating because of age,
not giving up because of waiting,
not fearing because of giants,
and not allowing difficulties to diminish God’s promise.
Lord, among all the land that is still to be possessed, which mountain are You calling me to take?
If this is what You have promised—give me this mountain.
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