Giant Times

March 22, 2009

Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 9-10 and Provers 22

In the book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 9, God does not mince with the Hebrews, presumably before they enter the Promised Land. I say presumably, because I often lose track of where the heck these books of Moses are being read from or how they were read.

I’ve speculated on that before, and this is not my point. The point is God tells the Hebrews that they are going to have to face giants. These are big guys, and essentially everything big that you heard about them is true.

I suppose that our life has a lot of giants. Sometimes getting out of bed makes me feel like I am David, and I don’t have a sling.

However, why should I feel that way? It’s not like there is a bunch of giants out there who are ready to dice me into chunks if I step one foot in their land.

You want to hear something that you don’t want to hear? Christians these days are not being persecuted, except by slander and label only. Even though public opinion is pretty strong, but that is really only because that people are stupid.

Yes, that is a negative view of humanity, and you should hear my view on redeemed humanity. It is just as bad, because I honestly think that Christians these days don’t really have anything to fear in this world. And this is not because God is supporting them, it’s just that there isn’t much out there for them to be afraid of.

Of course, I am talking about Christianity in nations where safety is pretty well-established, and there isn’t much mass persecutions going on. I believe that I am ignoring a lot of situations with my last rant, and for that, I apologize.

Still, God has promised us that a fire would come before us. I don’t know what form that fire will come in. Perhaps it will be our fears of the giants, reflected on them.

Remember in the movie Return of the King when the King Theoden rode into battle against the orcs. He rides out with so much fervor, that the men (and one woman) follow him blindly. They storm the front of evil orcs, and the confidence of the evil ones turns very quickly to fear. Then the good guys ram through them like they were tissue paper.

This is what giants are in our life. The issue is, most of us don’t have that army. One day, we will, and that fire will be there, if we take it.