Every Giant Will Fall

"I can see the Promised Land;

Though there's pain within the plan,

There is victory in the end;

Your love is my battle cry.

When my fears, like Jericho

Build their walls around my soul,

When my heart is overthrown - 

Your love is my battle cry,

The anthem for all my life.

Every giant will fall, the mountains will move;

Every chain of the past, You've broken in two.

Over fear, over lies, we're singing the truth - 

That nothing is impossible with You...

There is hope within the fight,

In the wars that rage inside;

Though the shadows steal the light,

Your love is my battle cry.

Every giant will fall..."

(Rend Collective - "Every Giant Will Fall")

You've heard his story a dozen times before - intrepid shepherd boy who faced the fear of the nation, a monstrous war-champion of the Philistines - alone.

Maybe when we hear the stories again, we fail to listen.  We've lost the awe - we don't grasp the full meaning.

Hebrews 11 gives an account of the "faith heroes" of the Old Testament.

"...Time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets - who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight..." (Hebrews 11:32-34)

The book of Acts is the manifestation of the power of the church.  I grew up with the impression that the events described in these books and passages were particular to the "Bible times" and could no longer occur.  

But that isn't so.

Our God is omnipotent and immutable.  That means He is able to do anything, and He will never change.  He is never going to change, and the power of His Spirit will not change.

We are just as capable of doing great things for God as David and the first-century believers were.  The only difference?

They believed the spiritual to be just as real as the physical -  if not more so in a fuller, deeper sense.

It wasn't just a thought in their heads.  Their faith wasn't acted out by just standing by the roadside holding poster boards - "God's not dead!" scrawled across.

Yes - God isn't dead.  But do we really live like He's alive and inside of us?

Maybe you aren't facing a warrior ten feet tall.  But doubtless, you're facing giants of your own today.  You're facing rulers and authorities in earthly and heavenly places telling you to be silent, just like the apostles.  

But you can step up and step out into this world fearless because God is real.  He is with us, He is in us.

Whether it's a sling with stones, or "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" that you carry into battle today - 

"Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or dismayed before [your enemy]...for there are more with us than with [them].  With [them] is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles..." (2 Chronicles 32:7-8)