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7-21-2015 – A Word to the Wise: Exodus 23:28 “And I will send hornets before you which will drive out Hivite, Canaanite, and Hittite”. So when I stumbled across this passage I knew immediately my war with the beast of the field had a point. I go into greater detail in the lessons on military battle but I highlight this one aspect here because of its personal importance. I am convinced that the Lord plans far ahead for test, temptations, and hard times. He does this to prepare us but we tend to shrug off trials with irritation and complaint, angry that we have to go through the inconvenience and sob and cry about our plight in life. The spies had just returned to the people with their report about the enemy and how they could not be conquered. Buried in this passage is the little phrase that he Lord had prepared hornets to attack the enemy. Pause for a moment…. What did you do Lord….prepare a bunch of overgrown wasp then I reflect on what I know about the enemy.