"My Daddy is Bigger Than Your Daddy"

Ask anyone. It is unlikely that there are many people on the planet who can't come up with at least one challenge that they are currently facing. Big or small, significant or not, there is always something.

As Moses continues through his final discourse to the Israelites before he takes his final journey, he has some words of encouragement for the nation. Some might raise their eyebrows at that one since the instructions about obedience and faithfulness and the consequences of rebellion seem so prominent in the Old Testament books. But, yes, there are words of encouragement.

As we start Deuteronomy 9, Moses reminds his audience about the report that had come back from the ten spies forty years earlier. These men had warned that there were giants in the land and were not at all excited about taking those giants on. Yes, admits Moses, these Anakites are big brutes (9:1, 2) living in strongly fortified cities.

But God was bigger.

"But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the Lord has promised you" (9:3, NIV).

The challenges you and I might face today might not come packaged in muscle and today's equivalent to the weapons of Moses' day. Nevertheless, God is still bigger and stronger than them all. And as we walk with Him in faith and obedience, we can count on the same promise that Moses once delivered to the Israelites.

I John 4:4 (NIV) reminds us: "You, dear children, are from God and and have overcome them [those who deny Christ] because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world."

Face your giants. Your "Daddy" is a whole lot bigger than theirs.