“You may say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’” — Deuteronomy 7:17
Have you ever stood before something that felt far too big — a dream too vast, an obstacle too strong, a diagnosis that shakes you, a marriage hanging by a thread, an empty bank account, an unanswered prayer, or a promise that seems impossible to fulfill?
That’s where Israel stood in Deuteronomy 7. God had promised them the land, but their eyes saw giants. Their hearts whispered, “They’re greater than I.”
They didn’t realize the real battle wasn’t out there — it was in here, inside their hearts.
Fear doesn’t begin with what you see. It begins with what you believe about what you see. When you magnify the problem, it begins to occupy your entire field of vision. You stop seeing God as mighty, and you start seeing yourself as small. The giants grow, and your courage shrinks.
That’s how the enemy works — not by making your problem stronger, but by making your perspective weaker. Because if he can shrink your view of God, he can paralyze your faith.
But the truth is this: the moment you see God as greater, the problem begins to shrink. Faith doesn’t deny the size of the challenge; it simply refuses to compare it to you — it compares it to Him.
God never asked Israel to be stronger than the nations. He asked them to remember who fought for them.
“Do not be afraid of them; remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh…” (Deut. 7:18)
In other words, God was saying: “You’ve seen My power before. The same God who brought you out will bring you in. So don’t measure your battle by your strength — measure it by My history of faithfulness.”
Some of you are standing before something that feels unconquerable — a mountain that won’t move, a situation that seems to mock your prayers.
But the Lord is saying today: “Stop letting the giant set the scale for your faith. I am still greater.”
The psalmist wrote, “In His presence the mountains melt like wax.” (Psalm 97:5)
If even mountains — those massive, immovable things — melt in His presence, then what makes you think your problem can stand when you draw near to Him?
Draw near. Let His presence reshape your perspective. What once looked impossible will begin to bow before the One who is greater.
Activation
Picture that one thing that has felt too heavy, too impossible, too big.
Now lift your eyes and picture Jesus standing beside you.
Whose size fills your vision — the problem or His presence?