Deuteronomy 9:1-3
“Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities fortified to heaven, a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’ Know therefore today that it is the Lord your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the Lord has spoken to you.
Truth: There is no assignment before us when God is within us
This book is the second giving of the Law. The old generation had died in the wilderness due to their lack of faith. This new generation was being warned to not follow their footsteps. God was with them and therefore they had no reason to fear. The first generation had spied out the land God was giving them and had said the giants were too big, the walls to large and the land to vast. God was about to bring this younger generation into the land and he didn't want them to to panic and have a lack-of-faith-moment. The above verses are to remind them that God is a powerful God and, even though they have a monumental task ahead of them, God would be with them. We lack faith when put both eyes on the task rather than the God who is giving us the task. The story of Peter walking on the water is the N.T. equivalent of this. Look at the Savior and walk on the water. Look at the water and sink into the water. That is the basic message to this generation. Look at the giants and you will probably fall prey to the giants. Look at the God who called you to this spot, and God will conquer the giants in your path.
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