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possible marks of honour and respect, and that the kings of Canaan should immediately have surrendered their crowns to him, and done him homage. But no; he comes not with observation, little notice is taken of him, for still God will have him to live by faith, and to look upon Canaan, even when he was in it, as a land of promise; therefore observe here,
I. How little comfort he had in the land he came to; for,
1. He had it not to himself: The Canaanite was then in the land. He found the country peopled and possessed by Canaanites, who were likely to be but bad neighbours and worse landlords; and, for aught that appears, he could not have ground to pitch his tent on but by their permission. Thus the accursed Canaanites seemed to be in better circumstances than blessed Abram. Note, The children of this world have commonly more of it than God's children.
2. He had not a settlement in it. He passed through the land, Ge 12:6. He removed to a mountain, Ge 12:8. He journeyed, going on still, Ge 12:9. Observe here,
(1.) Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and obliged often to remove their habitation. Holy David had his wanderings, his flittings, Ps 56:8.
(2.) Our removes in this world are often into various conditions. Abram sojourned, first in a plain Ge 12:6, then in a mountain, Ge 12:8. God has set the one over-against the other.
(3.) All good people must look upon themselves as strangers and sojourners in this world, and by faith sit loose to it as a strange country. So Abram did, Heb 11:8-14.
(4.) While we are here in this present state, we must be journeying, and going on still from strength to strength, as having not yet attained.