Promise 37 from Numbers 33:50-53

Numbers 33:50-53 - "Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places; and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.'"

After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites find themselves back at the border of the promised land. This time not only does God reiterate His promise to them 40 years prior, but gives more specific instruction as to what will take place; "After you cross the Jordan, you'll drive everyone away, you'll destroy all their idols and anything that has given them their identity, and then you will move in and live there." For many people trusting in God's simple promise "Go and I'll give you the land", just isn't enough. they have to see how it will play out. They need to see the strategy first, the details laid out. This is fine sometimes, but in the process of waiting for those details to be unified, time goes by or the promise passes for some, they miss out. God is trying to teach us that He is BIG enough to have all the details sorted. We don't NEED to see how it is going to play out. And actually if we do feel we need to see those details we risk usurping what God has already planned by thinking we can do it better, or we back out if we don't like the plan. God created us unique and with different personalities, some people are organizers, planners, schedulers, flow-chart people. That's great, however there is no personality type that is exempt from the desire of God for them to simply trust that He will do what He says He'll do, He'll be who He says He is, without more details than is necessary. God will give us instruction but He will also fulfil His promise without our help.