Look at the verse above and take it at face value. Who, in their right mind, would spurn and despise anything that is pleasant and desirable? No doubt, we would all reject that which is unpleasant and undesirable. But Canaan was God's gift to the children of Abraham. It was the land that flowed with milk and honey. Remember, it's grapes were so large that it took two men to carry some back to camp.
 
By hating Canaan they hated God's will, God's gift, and God's blessing. They hated their own God given inheritance, and God only gives us that which is good!
 
How is it that Satan can blind us and turn us against what God has given us? He was even able to convince Adam and Eve that there was something better for them than Paradise!
 
So many of us have it made and don't know it. We don't see it. And, if you don't know it and don't see it, you certainly don't enjoy it.
 
David said, "The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places: yes, I have a good heritage." (Psalm 16:6 Amp)  In other words David said, "Through God, I have a good life."
 
Despite troubles and challenges I bet you have a good life too. But here's why we don't see it or enjoy it. Satan says, "It could be better. The grass is greener elsewhere." In other words the enemy says, "There is a better life for you." Who doesn't want a better life? We all do. But we get so caught up in wanting that which is better that we despise our present pleasant land!