"Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God" (Joshua 14:8).

The greatness of the character of Caleb is expressed in his name. He was not of double heart. Mixed motives had no place in his life. He had settled it years before that he was to be entirely the Lord's, and ever after he lived up to his name as the "whole-hearted." Undoubtedly, the cause of much of our failure today is that we are so lacking in this spirit of devotion to the will of God. Of old, the disciples were exhorted "that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord" (Acts 11:23). Jesus declared, "If … thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light" (Matthew 6:22). When we sanctify the Lord God in our hearts and give Him the place of supreme authority, all controversy is at an end, and the life is entirely under His control. This is the path of victory and blessing. No one can be successful in his Christian life who is endeavoring to have God and the world share his heart (1 John 2:15).

—H.A. Ironside