Facing the Giants in Your Promised Land
The following was posted on the ladies’ FAM Fellowship website yesterday, and I thought it was something that would encourage others, so I thank Jenn for graciously giving me permission to share it here too! Be blessed and encouraged!
“While running an errand today for my husband, I was being attacked with negative thoughts in my head of recent happenings replaying over and over. Just as my thoughts were really starting to get to me, I drove past a church that I had driven by earlier and had not noticed their sign out front. However, God wanted me to see that sign at that particular moment. The sign said “Facing the giants in your Promised Land”. I immediately thanked God and just started smiling.
Then tonight as I took a break from trying to help my spouse in whatever he needed, I picked up my bible and opened it to the index to see what God was trying to tell me earlier. Being I am a relatively new Christian, I didn’t even know Giants were even mentioned in the bible. God led me to Deuteronomy 1:28-34.
Det 1:28 tells us that the outlook according to some looked bleak in the land that God wanted the people of Israel to occupy. 10 of the 12 that were sent into the land even said they saw giants. Doesn’t that sound so familiar to us today, especially with family and friends telling us how bleak our stand for the restoration of our marriages look? And in my case, that’s what my negative thoughts were making it look like today. Our giants today are our prodigal spouses, our unruly children, our problems and issues in other areas of our lives. We all have one or more giants to face. But just as God told the Israelites, he is telling us in verse 29 and 30″ not to be afraid that the Lord your God is going before you. He will fight for you”.
For some of us verse 31 will really minister to us. It did for me. God’s love for us is so great that he cared for us while we were in the wilderness. AGAIN AND AGAIN… He brought me out of the wilderness; I know he will bring out my husband as well.
When I was driving this afternoon, God used that sign to bring me back to reality. Before I even knew it, God used that sign to tell me that he heard me complaining and was becoming very angry. He tells us in verse 34 that he hears our complaining. He used that sign on the side of the road to shut me up and remind me of my Promised Land and to know that Yes, I have a giant to face, But I need to carry on, quit complaining and trust him.”