Little by little

Now that the Lord had established that the Angel of God would go ahead of the Israelites on their journey, He added further detail. “I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land, (Exodus 23: 27-30). It needed to be clear to fearful Israelites that God was going to initiate the victory, without the…