TheJkinz • Josh Kinney

They come to me tired. Not casually tired, but worn… feet blistered from wandering, hearts scraped raw from places they never should have stayed as long as they did. And I receive them the same way every time. No toll. No test. No questions that would make them feel exposed. Just presence. Just steadiness. Just a path that doesn’t move beneath their feet. They step onto me uncertain at first, but it doesn’t take long. They feel it. The strength. The safety. The way I hold their weight without complaint. So they stay for a while. They sit on my beams and speak, really speak… about the things they don’t…

In Exodus 23:30, God tells the Israelites, “Little by little I will drive them [Israel’s enemies] out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.” Slow growth is a good thing. If something grows too fast, it may actually be detrimental. If Israel took out all their enemies at once with ease and took possession of the Promised Land, would they ever have had to exercise faith and rely on God? They would have become proud and boastful, taking the credit for subduing their enemies and capturing the land. They would have never grown or matured, nor would their faith be living and real. They…