day no. 15,810: by little and little

"Because Jesus is Lord, Christian culture is now established in the earth. But He does not want to do everything for us all at once. The powers fell in an instant, but the cultures they supported took more time to fall. The unbelievers have not been driven out all at once lest the beasts of the field turn on us." - Douglas Wilson, Angels in the Architecture

Exodus 23:28-30
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

The kingdom of God grows slowly like a seed rooting downwards into the earth and branching out upwards toward the heavens. It multiplies little by little like leaven through the lump.

Matthew 13:31-33
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

The seed is sowed in a second. The leaven is hidden in a moment. The results reveal themselves over time. The kingdom increases and overcomes the entire earth, the entire lump, the whole shebang.