Posturing is what we do in the flesh not in faith - Genesis 32-35

Jacob is terrified to meet with his brother Essau. He should be. With his mother's help and Essaus selfishness Jacob swindled both his brother's birthright and blessing of his father. Because of thie fear (lack of faith) Jacob sends a gift and distributes his possesions in a way to demonstrate to his brother God's blessing in his life, his new social status, his strength and his ability to negotiate, should that be needed. Essau, in return comes to meet him and brings 400 of his armed men. Essau wanted to show Jacob he, too, was strong and possessed strength and status. It is what today's society would call, "posturing." When you are in the moment of the flesh you posture. You have to set yourself up in the eyes of others so that they have a reason to "believe" you, "respect" you, and/or, in this case, "fear" you. Because you are not trusting God you have to use possessions to bring on psychological impressions in the minds of your foes. In faith you simple believe God is for you and you don't have to posture. In faith we don't worry about our possessions we worry about who possesses us. In faith we allow God to make impressions in our foe and not our own strengths. Posturing is for the weak. Faith is for the strong.