day had no faith that God could defeat their enemies and protect His people, so they chose to lean on the arm of flesh. God is never surprised by what His people do, nor is He at a loss to know what He should do. “The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations” (Ps. 33:10–11, NKJV). There is every evidence in the Pentateuch that Israel would one day have a king.