"And besides we have seen

   the sons of the Anakim there."

Then I said to you,

"Do not be in dread

            or afraid of them.

The LORD your God

   who goes before you

   will Himself fight for you,

just as He did for you in Egypt

              before your eyes."

          Deuteronomy 1. 29-30

(There will always be

         some kind of giants,

but fear changes

          how you respond.

So does trusting God.

Fears, anxiety, worries

   --real and imagined--

       try to distract us.

But God.....

and that is where everything changes.

"Do not be afraid.

           I am with you.

Trust Me in this.")

O LORD,

Keep us on Your path of faithfulness

    and not tripped up

    even by giants along the way.

Help us to realize

     they do not hold power over us,

                     but You.

You do not just bring us through

        these hard places,

to not just survive

      but to thrive in unlikely places.

Help us to not be afraid,

    but trust You even more.

You whisper,

        "What if there was nothing

                to be afraid of?

     What if you trusted Me in this?"

How differently

           we would approach it.

Our circumstances may not change,

    but our hearts are strengthened

    because You are with us.