“If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’—18 you shall not be afraid of them, but you shall remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: 19 the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs and the wonders, the mighty hand and the outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. So shall the LORD your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. 20 Moreover the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left, who hide themselves from you, are destroyed.21 You shall not be terrified of them; for the LORD your God, the great and awesome God, is among you. 22 And the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. 23 But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, and will inflict defeat upon them until they are destroyed. 24 And He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will destroy their name from under heaven; no one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.--Deuteronomy 7: 17-24
What is Moses saying to the people here? Look at your God! Stop looking at your problems...stop looking at the enemy. God is greater than them all! Trust Him. I need this exhortation daily. My eyes always go to my circumstances and then I become short-sighted, overwhelmed, fearful and discouraged. None of which are helpful.
Ahh...but when I look to my God, the One whose mind is never muddled or anxious. The One whose mind is eternal in the heavens, I remember that He knows it all. I remember that in Him I have victory. I remember that in Him I am weak and yet can do all things. In my God, My weakness becomes my strength. So in the multitude of His mercy I go to Him...to my God who performs all things for me and makes perfect all that concerns me.
What a source of true solace and true comfort is our God. If our God is for us, who can be against us?
In the multitude of my anxieties within, your comforts delight my soul....
