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[1] {I am God}
It is important to distinguish between the directive and the
permissive will of God. In the first sense the place for the
covenant family was Canaan
# Ge 26:1-5
# Ge 46:3
is a touching instance of the permissive will of God. Jacob's family,
broken, and in part already in Egypt, the tenderness of Jehovah would
not forbid the aged patriarch to follow. God will take up His people
and, so far as possible, bless them, even when they are out of His best.
In Israel's choice of a king
# 1Sa 8:7-9
in the turning back from Kadesh
# De 1:19-22
in the sending of the spies; in the case of Balaam--illustrations of
this principle are seen. It is needless to say that God's permissive
will never extends to things morally wrong. The highest blessing is
ever found in obedience to His directive will.