It was to look beyond the sit back and on to the victory. George Washington didn't see the frozen Delaware river, he focused on the troops that were forming at Trent and the victory that would be theirs. I know that the devil always attempts to get us to focus on our sit-backs, on our failures, and not on the victory that is ours. Samuel had to get the people who had be defeated and humiliated to focus on the victory that would be theirs if they would only apply a few simple principles to their life. There Must Be a Putting Away of Sin True Repentance always has a putting away.
Sin is removed.
Not thought about possibly moving but moved, not just good intentions but actions. I sometimes believe the animal kingdom is smarter than mankind when it comes to recognizing God's warning signs. In South American the natives hunt a bight colored variety of small frogs. To cook but not to eat. They gather the sweat that comes from the skin of these frogs to place on the tip of their spears because it is very poisonous.