After the initial surge of the conquest in Canaan, God's people then failed to be faithful in the details. Dale Ralph Davis (No Falling Words):
With the major crisis past, the time came for tribes to complete the conquest (Joshua 16-17), remaining faithful in Yahweh's little-by-little work (Ex 23.30). Somehow, we relish the call for heroism but not that for durability. We find being faithful in little more annoying than satisfying. No wonder Jesus warns us that those who at first are most ecstatic over him may only 'endure for a while' (Mark 4.16-17). The Christian's faith is not so much proved by his courage in a sudden crisis as by his faithfulness in daily plodding.
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