When the Israelites were to go into the Promised Land, there were areas that were appointed by God for each tribe (except Levi) for their inheritance. If you turn to Joshua 19:40-48, it will state the land area that was given to the Danites. Yet in Judges 18, we read that the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place to settle. They had not moved into the land that God had given them. Rather than fight for the land that God had appointed to them, Dan instead wanted to scout out some new land.
God had given them land as an inheritance but they wanted some other land. They did not want to fight—to do the work necessary—to get the land. God is a promise keeper. God gave them this land. But they did not trust God to see them through or they did not want to do the necessary fighting to get what God had given them.
Is there something God has promised you, but you have turned to some other land? Some other occupation? Some other project? Something else because the leg work did not look appealing? Something else because you did not truly believe that God would provide what He promised? There was fighting when the tribes would enter their allotted area. Some pushed forward in faith and received what they were given. Others, when pushed back, turned around to find a plan B for themselves. God has one plan for your life. Don’t turn around for a plan B.
“Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they could settle, for they had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was divided among the tribes of Israel.” – Judges 18:1 [NLT]
Tania Gutekunst 