The sons of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have chariots of iron, both those who are in Bethshean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel."Talk about failing the Lord. Here the sons of Joseph bring a dual indictment against God. First, they complain that the territory they have been given through God's direction is insufficient for them. They want more land, and think they deserve it, that God messed up the lots. Then, to make matters worse, they say the reason they need more is because they can't get rid of the Canaanites who are there. They believe that the Canaanites' chariots and military power make them too hard to conquer.
This is coming from a people who have just made a lightning offensive on the area, and won every battle? Have these people no confidence in God's provision or His ability to give them victory? I'd like to be able to look upon them with scorn, in a lot of ways, but I know I'm just as bad. I constantly forget the blessings that God has given me recently, and behave as if I were fighting alone. I constantly let Him down in my struggles. I often wish I had the physical, personal evidence that these people did, but obviously that isn't automatically enough.
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