Giants and Our Inheritance

 Deuteronomy 1-2; Mark 12

“’The Emites used to live there – a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites, but the Moabites called them Emites.’”

Deuteronomy 2:10, 11

The descendants of both Esau and Lot had to drive giants out of the territory God gave them as an inheritance. The same race of giants intimidated ten of the twelve spies Moses sent into the land of Canaan. The city of Hebron was controlled by the family of Arba, the largest of the giants. This is often the reality when we are called to possess our inheritance in the kingdom of God. Next to our inheritance are giants opposed to God and to us. Moses’ words to Israel were, “The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt…” (Deuteronomy 1:30). The Lord Jesus defeated the giants of sin and death; he made a “public spectacle of them [principalities and powers], triumphing over them by the cross” (Colossians 2:15). We can now apply the victory, won by Christ’s authority, against the giants of fear, lust, anger, unforgiveness, and spiritual pride – all that is standing in the way of our inheritance of love, joy, peace, and faith in Christ’s kingdom.

What giants are we called to confront today?

“Jesus, you defeated all giants, for your glory.”