Joshua 19:9

Too much for them. For the present it was too much, but had they by faith looked to the future, it would not have been more than, under the blessing of God, they would need. But the Israelites by this time had begun to lose their vision of God’s plan for them, and were content to receive only enough for their present need. God temporarily permitted the readjustment, but even under the adapted program it was Israel’s privilege to grow and to expand her territories until eventually she would again have need of every part. How narrow and often selfish grows our own vision when we lose sight of God’s plan for us. We accomplish little because we attempt little, and we attempt so little because we are so prone to count our strength by the arm of flesh rather than by the mighty arm of God.