Affordable Distractions
"Nevertheless the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day." (Joshua 13:13 NKJV) With little information about the territories of the Geshurites and Maachathites, it is difficult to ascertain what led to the compromise of allowing the naturalization of the people of Geshur and Maacha among the Israelites. However, there is no doubt about the fact that this exception was not in the original plan; and Israel have now got no choice but to live forever with the consequences of this distraction. If we have no plan to accommodate the affordable distractions of today as our utmost destiny, we must keep our focus on the goals before us.