I love how quickly God can speak to us through His word. Doesn’t always happen but today I just bowed my head, said a prayer asking for what God wanted me to know, opened my eyes and looked at the page my Bible was open to and voila!
Deuteronomy 31:3 “The Lord your God will Himself go over before you, and He will destroy these nations from before you and you shall dispossess them.”
Mmmmm! Strange verse but my heart jumped at the first 9 words. There are always things in our lives that seem as big to us as defeating a nation. I’m facing a few obstacles right now and I love this promise.
The context of this verse is the story of Moses leading Israel to the Promised Land. He tells them he is old and can’t go out and in anymore and that he will not be going into the land with them.
Sometimes I feel like that . Leading a family isn’t easy. Mommas never lose their sense of protection and responsibility even when the kids are grown. Leading a business isn’t easy either. There are a host of relationships to maintain and challenges along the way. Caring about others isn’t easy either. Sometimes we want to fix things and we can’t. Keeping our dream alive is definitely not easy because there are so many competing voices in our heads.
These are some of the areas I’m facing obstacles in. What are yours?
The good news is just when we think we can’t go any farther, alone without someone to lead the way, in comes God.
He has laid out the plan already and provided for us to reach our destiny. He will bring someone to help us or step in supernaturally. The Spirit will remove the things standing in our way as we keep being obedient and following Him.
God goes before us. He is the one who has all power and authority and we go in and dispossess the obstacles (nations) and possess the promises. He asks us to be strong and courageous and firm. (Vs. 6)
Too many are stopped cold by fear. They are afraid of the obstacle, afraid of others, afraid of themselves. When we live in that place of fear we can begin to feel terrorized by what comes at us and frozen in place, unable to move forward.
That same verse says, “fear not nor be in terror before them for it is the Lord Your God who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you.”
God has and still goes before to clear the path. Then He goes with us along the way.
What or who is there to fear?
What can you do today to let go of the fear and put your faith and trust in the God who goes before?
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