God's got Your Back

"Do not fear them, for the Lord your God is the one fighting for you." -Deuteronomy 3.22

Israel is preparing to cross the Jordan. Forty years earlier they were persuaded not to go by ten spies who brought back a report of giants. They acted in fear and spent four decades wandering the wilderness until the original generation had died. Now as this new generation is preparing to finally receive God's blessing, under the new leadership of Joshua, Moses reminds them to go courageously because God is fighting for them.

At the end of his recounting of the victories they have been given in the wilderness, Moses instructs the people to have courage as they enter the land, because God is going with them. God is going to fight for them and give them victory because He has promised this land to them. God will not abandon them now, just as He didn't at anytime in the past forty years. He has their back.

Men, when new trials and obstacles come what do you do? Do you shrink from the new challenge? Do you charge forward without stopping to think, hoping to take it by surprise? Do you trust yourself to get the job done? Or do you turn to God, giving the issue to Him, and allowing Him to direct the fight? Do you trust that God has your back?

It's very easy to forget how God has been there in the past when new issues arise, humans are very forgetful creatures. This is why we need to constantly remember the blessings and victories God has given. If we forget the past, it's much harder for it to be repeated in the future. We cannot allow ourselves to forget what God has done in the past, and at the same time, we cannot live in the past only talking about "The good old days".

God is still at work. The people were about to cross the Jordan and take possession of the land. They had seen God's wonders since leaving Egypt, but the best was still to come. They had to move forward courageously if they were to see them. To do that they had to remember what God had done, and trust Him to do it again, knowing God as with them.

Let us never forget what God has done. Let us always believe, and live like, God has our back.

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

To God alone be the Glory!

Strength and Honor