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「我們在那里看見亞衲族人，就是偉人，他們是偉人的后裔，据我們看，自己就如蚱蜢一樣，据他們看我們也是如此。」（民   13:33 新國際版）兩個寶座在對峙著爭戰，神要取得地上的統治權。祂頭號的敵人撒但，借著天空諸邪靈的輔助，蓄意用罪惡來侵占這地，想要排斥神在祂自己地上的王權和管治。我們這些神的子民，是蒙召去驅逐這些邪惡而強大的仇敵，好叫基督在万事上居首位。我們要如何執行這任務呢？「耶和華若喜悅我們，就必將我們領進那地。」以上是約書亞和迦勒兩個少數人的意見，這与那十個探子的頹喪誤測正是相反！「耶和華若喜悅我們」是一句要緊的話。有一件事是肯定的，除非我們首先學會了過圣洁的生活，否則任何口頭上講論的屬靈爭戰，都是空談而已。迦南地的巨人是高大的，我們卻正如蚱蜢，這絕非虛构。我們与他們同樣的認識這事實。這到底怎樣呢？我們如何才能過著蒙神喜悅的生活呢？只有真實地安息于基督和祂所成功的工作里，才有可能。否則撒但就可以高枕無懮了。但我們的生活若在基督里蒙神喜悅，那「他們（迦南人）的保障便被挪遷了。」因為借著基督，我們已經得胜有余了。July 25"There we saw the Anakites, the great men, the offspring of the great men, who were as grasshoppers to us, and we to them." (Numbers 13:33 NIV)The two thrones are fighting against each other, and God wants to gain the dominion on earth. His arch-enemy, Satan, with the aid of the evil spirits in the sky, deliberately invades the earth with sin, trying to ostracize God's kingship and dominion on His own earth. We, the people of God, are called to drive out these wicked and powerful enemies, so that Christ may have the preeminence in all things. How do we carry out this task?

"If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into the land." The above is the opinion of Joshua and Caleb, two minority people, which is exactly the opposite of the decadent miscalculation of the ten spies! "If the Lord is pleased with us" is an important word. One thing is for sure, any talk of spiritual warfare is empty talk unless we first learn to live holy lives. It is no fiction that the giants of Canaan were tall and we are like grasshoppers. We recognize this fact as much as they do. What's the matter? How can we live a life that pleases God? This is possible only by truly resting in Christ and His finished work. Otherwise, Satan can sit back and relax. But if our lives are pleasing to God in Christ, then "their [Canaanites'] defense is removed." For through Christ we are more than conquerors.