Getting Better

Your soul is getting bigger

In order to be better.

It might be nice to bless you

To become an instant success—

A “scratch off” winner—

To have the Promised Land

Just handed to you whole hog.

But, as much as we’d like

A short cut to glory,

God doesn’t usually dole out

His Promised Lands that way.

“Little by little I will drive them out

From before you,” He promised,

“… until you have increased….” (Ex. 23:30)

Israel needed more people.

Needed to “increase.”

No point in planting vast fields

That they couldn’t nourish and protect.

It’s a blessing that God gives

Your soul time to grow

Before dumping all His blessings

In a lump sum.

You’re increasing on the inside

So you can handle the vastness

Of the Promised Land that

God has in mind for you!