Deuteronomy 7:17-19
“If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I. How can I dispossess them?’ you shall not be afraid of them but you shall remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt, the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out. So will the Lord your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
Tag: Introduce Your Fear to Your God
We all face giants like David and countries to conquer, like Israel. Moses had lad the nation of Israel in the wilderness for 40 years. In the above passage they are about to enter the “promise land” - the land that flows with milk and honey. The people Moses is talking to, are the grown children of the generation who refused to go into the promise land because of the “giants” in the land. The generation he is talking to would have remembered the stories their parents taught them. The parents had refused to lay claim to the promises and power of God. Moses, in the above verses, is reminding the children to NOT repeat what their parents did. They not only failed to enter into the promise land, they had to wander in NO peace and NO rest for 40 years. What is Moses’ solution? Trust in the righteousness and the power of God. Moses’ logic is, since God is righteous, He can not lie. Since He can not lie, His promises are true. So, they can trust His promises. Moses also wants to remind them that God is powerful. He wants the to remember the other stories their parents would have told them - the redemption from Egypt. Some of them were still young back then, but Moses wants to remind them of God’s past power. Moses has a solution: Remember the past times when you saw God’s Power and the past times when you heard God’s Promises. He is telling them to introduce any fears they have to the Promises and the Power of their God. Fear can’t stand before His promises and His power.
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