Pressure cooker approach to life may not be unconnected to the increasing cases of depression in our days. When people bite more than they can chew, problems sets in. Moses employed the book of Deuteronomy to outline certain landmarks in the history of God’s people. He also outlined some administrative structure for the young nation as they tried to make sense of life in the wilderness. In our text, we have what can be described as divine principle of conquest. The leader informed them that God would drive out the nations before Israel, so that they would be empowered to conquer them. However, the conquest would come in stages and not in one fell swoop. God would give them the land in sequence as was necessary to support their population.

“When people bite more than they can chew, problems sets in…When we receive a major promise from God, we must never forget to approach it with cautious optimism.”

This principle is applicable today. When we receive a major promise from God, we must never forget to approach it with cautious optimism. The same is true for our ideas and projects. Thinking that we can grab all the fullness of the promise at a time or pull off a gigantic project at once might lead us to a life of anxiety. We might find ourselves spent at the end of the day and never truly enjoy the benefit. God set in motion the principle of conquest at creation. Being the Almighty with unlimited power and resources, it is within reason to say that He had all that was necessary to create everything in a single day; but He laid out His work over a period of time; achieving one bit at a time. By that He shows us the path to follow in our quest for achievement and greatness.