Numbers Chapter 13 Bible Teaching

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NUMBERS 13
Fear of Giants
August 4th 2024

So, we left off with the Nation in a place called, Paran. We are only in the second year after the Exodus btw.

Chapter 13 of Numbers introduces us to one of the most monumental advances two in the Nation of Israel would make as a group – perhaps I should reword this and actually describe it as more of a monumental fail – both of which will become apparent soon enough.

So, let’s set the stage by reading some of the first passages starting at verse 1 of chapter 13 where it says,

Numbers 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
3 And Moses by the commandment YAHAVAH sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

From verses 4-7 we read some specific names then at verse 8 we read a specific name that will become important to us as it says

8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. {Oshea: also called, Joshua}

This was the same Joshua who told Moses not to allow the two prophets to roam free in the camp when he was immature and it will be the same Joshua who will ultimately lead the nation into the Promised Land after Moses and Aaron die.

From verse 9-15 we get more names, and then at verse 16 we read:

16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

Oshea should be pronounced, Hosea, which notes a desire of salvation and could be said to mean, “Save, we pray thee,” but Jehoshua, (or Joshua), includes the promise of salvation or the idea that he would save, or that YAHAVAH would save His people through His hands – an obvious nod to the Messiah promised to come.

Joshua would be a successor to Moses, the Law Giver who would step in and lead God’s people into the land promised them, just as Yeshua, our Lord and King, leads His own into the Kingdom and therefore into battle, into peace, into strength.

(verse 17)

17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

We’ll read verses 21-23 to glean some facts but will not cover the geography –

21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

It is believed that Moses inserted this parenthetical reference found at the end of verse 22 as a way to say that the power and knowledge was in Hebron seven full years before it came out of Egypt – a place known and recognized for its advances in astronomy, science, engineering and mystical arts.

Some believe that this was added later but it is found in the Septuagint and other versions of antiquity.

23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol (which means a cluster of grapes), because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

So, they did as YAHAVAH commanded Moses to have them do and after 40 days they returned. (verse 26)

26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

Now, I’ve read from reliable ancient sources that in Egypt the grapes were small in size and cluster and these were the grapes they were familiar with but that in Hebron and other ancient civilizations around that place, single grape clusters could be as large as a baby, and that single grapes could even grow to the size of a plum.

For the spies to bring back a sample like this must have astounded the people who saw it. Add in that they literally called it a land that flows with milk and honey, an grand enticement for them to proceed forward to partake in what was motivating them to move forward.

It is believed that they carried the grapes on a pole between two men not because of the size alone but also to protect it from being bruised on the way back.

Some go so far as to say that the men who bore the fruit on the pole was Joshua and Caleb alone as they were the only two (of the ten) that returned with a positive attitude.

Remember, the people were constantly complaining about the food in the wilderness. And they frequently looked back over their shoulder to their lives in Egypt and the provisions offered them there.

Here they actually came to the Land promised their forefathers and now they have proof that it is a land that could provide them material abundance – but there was a catch on their part – they had to go forward in faith and not fear, trusting that the Living God who had led them and protected them would continue to so do.

See, Egypt promised them at least some food amidst their bondage along with an environment of zero fear (nor for that matter, any need to rely upon YAHAVAH). Egypt was their protector and providor.

Here the nation was offered a new set o challenges – yes, better foods, a land flowing with milk and honey and grapes much much more enticing than what Egypt offered them – along with figs and pomegranates – but they had to choose to do three main things:

First, to choose to move forward,
Second, to do so in faith on YAHAVAH and His promises to fight and protect them, and
to turn from fears that kept them from such.

Three vital “F” words in one sentence, my friends:

GRAPHIC:

GOING FORWARD IN FAITH WITHOUT FEAR.

We do not see God transport them – they had to choose to enter of their own choice and power. But something stopped them – the testimony of the eight other spies who said, “But in addition to the flowing milk and honey . . .” (verse 28)

28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

So, here’s the set up. There are 600000 males able to go to war among them minimum. But their number is not the important part but the fact that these 600,000 men, along with their wives and all of their children, had already been the recipient of the LIVING GOD in a number of astounding ways, via His

Very Presence (by day and by night)
Very Person (on Sinai as thunder and lighting)
Provisions (in quail, manna and water, shade, light)
Protection (in bringing them out of bondage, passing them through the Red Sea, putting fire between them and their enemies, and organizing them with a tabernacle, priesthood, prophets and Moses).

But here they had fearful discouraging naysayers who chose to promote fear instead of faith.

Seeing this, a man named Caleb responds, and we read,

30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.”

I freaking love Caleb and his faith, his willingness, having seen all the same obstacles the other spies saw (but let frighten them) but he placed in His trust – even his very life – in the hands of the Living God.

This is called Faith, manifested in fearlessly moving forward and trusting in Him and Him alone to protect, provide and save them.

The more we do the same, the more we become liberated – and the more real love we are able to share.

Now there are several Calebs mentioned in scripture and some of them may be the same man.

But this Caleb is described as the son of Jephunneh (Numbers 13:6; 32:12; Joshua 14:6,14) He was one of the family chiefs and His tribe was of Judah.

He and Joshua, fearless encouragers, would be only two of the whole number who got to go in and possess the land, and they alone were spared when a plague broke out in which the other eight spies perished (which we will read about)

We will also find that all of the people that had been numbered, from twenty years old and upward, perished in the wilderness as well – except these two.

The last notice we have of Caleb is when he is eighty-five years of age and he will come to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, after the people had gained possession of the land, and will remind him of a promise Moses had made to him as a form of inheritance.
(Joshua 14:6-15; 15:13-15; 21:10-12; 1st Samuel 25:2-3; 30:14)

So, that is Caleb who stands up for courage in YAHAVAH. But he will be challenged (verse 31) when we read:

31 But the men that went up with him said, “We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

And here we have a most poignant biblical principles that cannot be overemphasized – did you catch it?

The statement, “We be NOT able to go against the people FOR they are stronger than we.”

Why is it so important – its simultaneously true while being utterly false! True that they were not able to go against the people for the people are stronger than them BUT false in that this meant that they should refrain from going into the people by faith in YAHAVAH Himself.

Central to the idea of humanism is “we are able to do all things,” which scripture defines as relying on the “arm of the flesh.”

The arm of the flesh cannot do all things.
Being made in God’s image there is so much we are equipped to do – so much – and it ought to be seen in our species as important, valuable and a gift to the way God made us.

Frankly, there is a real sadness in wasted talent, isn’t there? When we watch really gifted people waste their lives away fearfully or lazily tucked away back in the harbor instead of taking to the high seas.

From the garden we are called to labor and dominate over our surroundings as human beings made in His image and it seems very biblical for people to learn to work, express, create and have strong good dominion over their surroundings.

The spiritual problem, however, often associated with our amazing make-ups is it allows us to think that we are indomitable – to the point that we make ourselves Gods and shun the need for relying upon Him at all.

Its like a gigantic theme in all of scripture in the intelligent beings God has created – we are created beings and there is a God who seeks our faith trust and allegiance but everything from angels and demons to human beings take their powers and elevate themselves to supremacy.

Here, eight of the spies did something different – they didn’t look to their creator in faith and trust in His power to deliver them nor were they boastful in their own powers, but they ran in fear.

Its one or the other with us, isn’t it? We are God and He is not, or He is God, and we are weak and fearful and don’t trust Him even in light of all the Good He has done around and for us.

What is the balance?

Him always above us, below us, and with us, enabling those who trust in Him to live fearlessly and to act with the traits and skills He has given to do His WILL.

Joshua and Caleb walked by this – the other eight walked in fear.

The reality was, both physically and without God, the eight were right. The warrior-giants of the Promised Land were probably stronger than them and without God these giants would take them apart.

Herein lies the wisdom of the Lord in His children – to trust in Him with all our hearts, to lean not on our own understanding, and in all of our ways to submit to Him, and He will direct (not walk) “but direct” our paths.

We note that God did not move ahead of the Spies and wipe out the Giants so the path would be easy, without challenges or threats.

But He had directed them, and He had gone before them and protected them and this increase of an obstacle was just something else He allowed them to face to grow them in faith or to expose their fear.

The eight spies, in the case of the Giants, were right – they were NOT able to go against the giants – they were not strong enough – but, of course, they failed to look to Him who is and to faithfully walk into that land with Him leading the way.

And in their fear (verse 32)

32 they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Let’s talk about giants in the Bible for a moment – there are more mentions than you might believe in ancient Israel with most of them being inhabitants in the Promised Land Israel was commanded to take.

Of course, these imposing physical beings are a type for the various giants we fear and face in our promised land (our lives) and are not so important today in their physicality as they are in the fear they fill us with personally.

That of course, is the picture. Because our respective giants are varied, we have at least six instances where Giants are described with different Hebrew words. So,

the first Giants (Genesis 6:4) are called in Hebrew, nephilim, which means “violent” or “causing to fall.”

These were the violent tyrants of those days and were seen as, “those who fell upon others.”

The word may also be derived from a root signifying “wonder,” and therefore synonymous with being, “monsters” or “prodigies.”

Here in Numbers 13:33 this is the same name is given to a Canaanitish tribe, a race of large stature people called, “the sons of Anak.”

In the Revised Version of these specific passages the translation simply reads, “Nephilim.”

The second word in Hebrew is rephaim, and in Deuteronomy 3:11 they are described as a race of giants who lived on the east of Jordan, from whom a man named Og was descended.

These are believed to have been the original inhabitants of the land before the immigration of the Canaanites.

Genesis 14:5 describes them as having been conquered by Chedorlaomer with their territories promised as a possession to Abraham (Genesis 15:20).

The peoples known as the Anakim, Zuzim, and Emim are believed to have come from this original Rephaim stock.

In Job 26:5 and Isaiah 14:9 this very Hebrew word is rendered “dead” in some translations. It appears to refer to “shady departed spirits in Sheol.” How’s that for a terror? They almost describe the wild imagination of a Lovecraftian novel.

In 2Sa 21:16,18,20,22 we read “the giant” in a singular form with the article, “ha” prefacing the name, which may possibly be the name of the father of the four giants or of the founder of the Rephaim.

These giants appear to have some connection with the dead, shady underworld.

The third term is the Hebrew word, ‘Anakim (Deuteronomy 2:10-11,21; Joshua 11:21-22; 14:12,15) also called “sons of Anak,” here in Numbers 13:33, “the children of Anak,” in verse 22; and Joshua 15:14).

These are seen as a nomad race of giants descended from Arba (mentioned in Joshua 14:15) the father of Anak, that dwelt in the south of Palestine near Hebron (Genesis 23:2; Joshua 15:13)

They were a Cushite tribe of the same race as the Philistines and the Egyptian shepherd kings. David on several occasions encountered them (2nd Samuel 21:15-22) and it is from this race that Goliath came forth. (1st Samuel 17:4)

The fourth Hebrew word for giant is ’emin,” who were a warlike tribe of the ancient Canaanites. Scripture says that they were “great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims” (Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:10-11)

The fifth word is Zamzummim (Deuteronomy 2:20) which is synonymous with the Amorites.

And the last term that I could find is called, “gibbor” in Job 16:14, which means “a mighty one, i.e., a champion or hero.”

In its plural form (gibborim) it is rendered “mighty men” and is given to armies or groups of powerful men (2nd Samuel 23:8-39; 1st Kings 1:8; 1st Chronicles 11:9-47; 29:24).

The band of six hundred men whom David gathered around him when he was a fugitive were called gibborim.

So, what we can see is the promised land was actually littered with giants of all kinds and these men reacted to seeing them with terror as their size and warlike appearance struck to the core of their fears.

According to Joshua 11:22 he will successfully expel them from the land, except a remnant that will find a refuge in the cities of Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod..

It is utterly natural for humans to fear people, powers and obstacles that have the literal ability to crush or kill them.

The goal, for all believers from a biblical perspective, is to mature and grow in the faith to the point where Our fear (respect) of God far outweighs the threats or powers of any other thing testing, challenging or calling for our allegiance or terror.

Just as we reject all idols seeking our devotion, we seek to become disciples of Him who can dispel all fear of beings we see as stronger than us.

These foes include our fears of

Insignificance
Shame
Embarrassment
Poverty
Fleshly Desires
Pain/Punishment or Illness
Enemies
Other People’s faces and words
Darkness
Death

By hearing the scripture, and building our faith, we can become incrementally more reliant on Him while simultaneously reducing the fears we naturally possess.

Because ‘we study to show ourselves approved,” we might use this life to ask, “who or what are my personal giants that cause me to fear, ot not trust or walk in faith on Him and Him alone?

From the smallest giants to the biggest, they all have the capacity to cause us to become immobile and to turn from His strength to move forward.

Try to take on a giant without Him and if it is a giant indeed, you will fail. Run from the giant and you live in fear of it all the days of your life.

In His efforts to liberate His children in the greatest way possible, He offers us a solution.

“moving forward in faith without fear.”

The ability to do this is NOT from our own strength – again, it is from faith. It is founded in turning to Him with all of our heart, might and mind and not to ANY other armaments , intercessors or intermediaries to get in our way.

This gets tricky at times, doesn’t it? Some folks will take this and assume that they shouldn’t use modern medicines, or to get educations, or seek psychological help.

This is a material view of things and this is not the meaning in my opinion. The physical world is the world where we humans do engage with fleshly warfare by working to gain an education, to pay the bills, the stay healthy, and all the rest.

But in realms where everything is spiritually driven to whom do we look with our Heart and Minds alone?

Him.

Whom do we trust, rely upon to be with us as we enter into warfare with our giants, to strengthen us and guide us when we are using our own minds to understand and live.

Here in the case of the spies, eight appealed to fear as their guide but Caleb and Joshua let faith motivate them. Recall Caleb’s own words to the people,

“Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.”

The principles from Caleb are

immediate action, “at once” is what he says.
Not doubting, as he adds, “for we are well able,” to do what?
He says, “to overcome it.”

That word, overcome, is nikaho (which is where we get the name for the running shoe, Nike) and it means to subdue, conquer over, prevail, have the victory.

After Yeshua teaches the apostles, He profoundly states in John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome (nikaho) the world.

When it comes to the evil powers and persuasions that govern this world through dark arts, dark emotions, evil persuasions and selfish ambitions, we often think that the Christian call is to go to war with such giants and beat them back but Paul writes this advice for winning in these battles saying,

Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

How? By allowing Him to go before us, as he promised to do over and over with the Nation of Israel, saying things like Deuteronomy 31:8

And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Is there a possibility for a believer and follower to be overcome? Unfortunately, there is, as Peter wrote in 2nd Peter 2:19

2nd Peter 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

To be overcome by a physical giant would include being brought into its clutches, and being put into its bondage.

These corruptions insert themselves and strive to make a home in our flesh and when allowed have the capacity to wrap us up and ultimately overwhelm us to the point we can even get to a place of having what the scripture calls, “an evil heart of unbelief.”

An antidote, an inoculation, to such is diligently seeking to constantly place Him on the throne of our hearts – nothing else – submitting our entire selves over to His will and ways, and no to that of any other thing.

Again, this is not accomplished physically, but in the mind, and heart and soul as we inwardly are constantly and humbly turning every day, every hour over to Him from the heart, honestly and humbling surrendering as we move through this life.

Peter adds in 2nd Peter 2:20

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

Ultimately John the Revelator describes the following, saying

1st John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

This was the heart of Caleb and Joshua, this was the heart of Abraham taking His Son up into the mount, of David going before Goliath, of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and John the Baptist.

This was the heart of Christ to His Father, of all the apostles to Christ, of Paul and all the early Saints to the Spirit.

And this will forever be the heart of any person who faces giants in their path.

I am a living witness, and I bear my witness boldly, that there has never been any fleshly thing or power that had the capacity to arm me rightly to face my own giants.

Not parenting, family, scouting, church, positive mental attitude, not knowledge of the Bible, not personal reform, not a wife, not even fatherhood, money or responsibilities imposed have ever empowered me to overcome my personal giants – nothing but Him – and when I learned to look to Him with all of my heart, might and mind – I’ve watched Him repeatedly led the way, and defeat all enemies victoriously and as I am willing.

Twice in Revelation, we read about how enemies of the faith, GIANTS, were able to overcome the saints in that day –

Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome (nikao) them, and kill them.

And then Revelation 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome (nikao) them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

But in the end, we read the outcome with those that even tried to make war with the Lamb, as it says

Revelation 17:14: These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome (nikao) them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

This is you, my friends, walking in faith solely focused on Him, nothing else, who have learned (or are learning) to put Him in the front of them and to walk, in faith and trust in Him and His victory – and never our own.

In one of my favorite chapters in all of scripture all of this will be victoriously played out in the future for Israel through a young lad name David. I want to read through it in closing today, beginning with a summary:

The Philistines gathered their armies to war with Israel who were led by their first King, Saul with one army on one side of a valley and the other on another with a valley between them.

And a champion of the Philistines, a giant named Goliath, armed to the teeth and who was like 9 feet tall, came out and said,

Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

And at verse 11 we read the same response given here in Numbers 13 by the spies,

11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

So here we are presented with a follow-up victor similar to Joshua and Caleb! His name? David, who was tending his father’s sheep while his older brothers were in the army of Saul.

Then David’s father Jessee told him to take food to his brothers and we read at verse

20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, “and ran” into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

No fear.

23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28 And Eliab his (Davids) eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said,” Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.”
29 And David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, “The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.

48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

There is no power, foe, force, habit, enemy or any other giant in the life of a Child of God that should bring to the heart fear.

Our dad can and will beat up their, Dad. In this we can trust, look to and believe. If you aren’t there yet, grow in your faith, wait on Him alone – it will come.

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