FACING THE GIANT(s) IN OUR LIVES

(Gen. 18:14) “Is there any thing too hard for the Lord”?

(Rom. 8:31b) “If God be for us, who can be against us?”

(Matt. 17:20) “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto to you.”

                We have read or perhaps seen the movie about the Ten Commandments where God divided the Red Sea for the Israelites to be rescued from Pharaoh and his army. As Pharaoh’s army stood behind them, Moses and the Israelites had a humongous giant before them – The Red Sea. With the natural eyes, there was no way they could avoid this situation with almost a million people to cross. There was no ship big enough to carry these many people across or a Department of Transportation crew to build a bridge quick enough for them to cross. This was a giant they were facing. Something had to be done quickly or they would be destroyed by Pharaoh’s army.

                As Moses stood there looking at this giant (The Red Sea), he began to talk to the only one who could deliver them. God told him what to do. He believed and he obeyed! As Moses faced this giant with his rod pointed to it, God opened up the sea and the children of Israel walked on dry land through the sea to the other side and were saved. The same sea that they walked through, God used to drown the army of Pharaoh (their enemy/giant).

                So, what is in our lives too hard for God?  What giant is in our lives that we can’t conquer with God’s help? In times when we can’t see a way out or see how we can face and defeat our giants, what should we do?

1.       Ask and it shall be given unto you, seek and ye shall find, knock and the door will be opened unto you. We have not because we ask not. Why do we fail to ask for help from someone who can handle any giants in our lives? There is nothing God won’t do for his people when their ways please Him and we ask of Him in the name of Jesus.

2.       Provide the faith to believe that He can and He will.

3.       Obey His instructions and you will have success in not only facing your giant, but defeating and conquering your giant.

4.       Trust Him with all your heart and lean not to your own intellect or understanding. What is impossible to you is possible with God. Stop trying to figure out how you will face or defeat the problem and let God show you how.

5.       Acknowledge Him first. We usually try to face things along and end up making a “hot mess” out of the situation when all we had to do was seek God first for an answer.

6.       Admit to God honestly what we want Him to remove and get rid of in our lives. We must reveal to Him in prayer or our personal time with Him those things that have hindered us from being victorious. No matter how big those giants are, God will give us the power, strength and wisdom to face and defeat them when we ask Him too.

7.       Speak the Word of God over those things and confess them constantly until they have become your declaration and they are defeated. (I’ve listed many helpful scriptures to use throughout these posts).

                We are more than conquerors because the greater one lives within us and is on our side. The giant comes to kill, steal and destroy us. God is there to remove, eliminate and free us from any and every giant in our lives. We are the victors of our giants!