Faith versus Giants

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen.”

Two Sundays ago we talked about giants in the Promised Land and how and why that kept the 12 tribes of Israel from obtaining their promised land. Their fear of facing the giants…their lack of faith in God’s promise of protection…kept them wandering in the wilderness for 40 more years. (Numbers 13)

We defined the wilderness as our old consciousness and the promised land as our new consciousness or awareness, and the giants represent our fears. We have to have faith that God will handle the giants as we leave the wilderness and enter our own promised land.

We can all use some advice in facing our giants, can’t we? Well, here are FIVE TIPS TO SLAY GIANTS!

1) Know who God is.
God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and everywhere present. God tells us to enter the promised land (a new awareness or a new consciousness) and God promises to take care of the giants for us.

2) Know who YOU are.
You are a beloved child of God. In Truth, you are whole and perfect. Connected to your Source, you can do all things.

3) Face the giants with the right weapons.
Put on the whole armor of God…faith and right action and love. Have faith, take right action, and BE love.

4) Go on the attack.
Don’t just stand around and complain. Confront your problems. Hunt them down and annihilate them.

5) Be prepared.
David needed only one stone to slay Goliath but he took 5 just in case Goliath’s brothers came out too. Without God, David was an ordinary boy. With God, David could slay giants. The same is true for us. Connected to our source, we can face our giants. So whatever your giants are, whatever form they take, we might as well face them now because they’ll come again and again. The giants won’t go away until we face them and defeat them.

I’m holding the high watch!


Rev. Donna