Fighting Giants
Posted by lawsaw on July 20, 2007
I was recently reading on Deuteronomy in preparation for what I thought was the next series to be studied in our church sermon series. I think I was mistaken. Nevertheless, the book of Deuteronomy is a book rich in God’s teaching and I must say I am greatly encouraged by the sharing of Pastor Wilson in his blog blog and mablog exposition. As he aptly commented that oftentimes we may have forgotten who are the enemies that God wants the Israelites to chase out of the land of Canaan, no thanks to the children bible stories book portrayal.
The land of Canaan is really a land full of giants as he wrote in his blog. Pore through the entire chapter 2. See the various Giants with different names and dwellings. Note the way scripture narrates how Israel cousins such as the Edomites. Ammonites and the Moabites drove some of these Giants out of the land in order to occupy the land God gave them.
Observe especially Israel unbelief with her God’s help and command in contrast to her cousin victories over the Giants. If these people whose God is not their Lord can do it, why is Israel doubting Jehovah who possesses the world and all its fulness?
This also brought into particular focus later battles with giants such as the story of puny David overcoming a 2.4m tall giant named Goliath and the greatest Battle of them all: “the binding of the strong man by Jesus our Lord at the cross”.
My brethren, the world in which God called us to live in may also be one full of Giants. Perhaps it may not be in the physical sense. It can be those problems or challenges that we think are too strong for us. Take heart and be encouraged!
Unbelief will say the giants are too strong for us as the Israelites did in Deuteronomy. Faith will say that the giants are too big to be missed (in the words of Pastor Wilson)
Our God is a God who delights in fighting giants and makes a spectator of them. Trust your God and Be Thou do likewise! Amen
