Exodus 23:29-28
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
The promise of the Lord is at once:
Miraculous – He will drive out the enemies.
Natural – He will use hornets to do it.
Practical – It won't happen in a year, but little by little, as they can handle it.
In each of these, we can see a metaphor.
• God did miraculously give them victory, but they had to fight.
• God did use natural things to give them the victory, but it wasn’t always (or even usually) a hornet.
• God did give them the land little by little, but they don’t possess it all even today.
I think this combination is at play in all of life.
God does miraculous things for us all the time, but we never get to sit back and let Him live our lives for us. We've got work to do, mountains to climb, battles to fight.
The natural things of life both help and hinder us. Jobs come and go; weather patterns shift from comforting to challenging and back again. The “hornets” that drive away our troubles can be an irritant for us as well.[1]
We’re always moving forward, but we never reach the finish line. Little by little is a lifetime plan, not just a one-time event.
But there is a promised end. Heaven is our goal. Always keep that in mind.
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[1] I guarantee they irritate me!
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