Giants

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Secondly, there were giants so great, that in comparison, the ten spies, felt as “grasshoppers...in their sight” (Numbers 13:3333And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. (Numbers 13:33)). Don’t we feel like that so often? We compare ourselves with the enemy, and we are immediately disheartened and afraid. Truly we are no match for Satan and his hosts, but David, whom we have just cited in the previous section, also noted something else in Psalm 18:2929For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. (Psalm 18:29). “For by Thee have I run through a troop.”
So we learn that we are never going to see the removal of the difficulties, or the work of the enemy cease, as long as we are here in this life. But we can overcome and enjoy our portion in Christ, by rising above the obstacles, and running the Christian race in the strength of the Lord and with the resources He has given us. “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:3131But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)).
There is a vast host of Satan and his emissaries arrayed against us, but remember, we have “The Lord of Hosts” on our side. “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:44Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4)). A missionary who had served the Lord for many years on the foreign mission field, and who lived to be over one hundred, reminded me the last time I visited him, “Remember, we can still be overcomers, not be overcome.” As I reflected on what I knew of his life and service, I realized from his personal testimony that he was right. “And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:44For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. (1 John 5:4)). Faith overcomes, conquerors, and triumphs, no matter what the opposition.
In the book of Malachi we find a feeble little company of the Lord’s people seeking to go on for His glory and encouraging one another in the midst of dark days, morally, spiritually, and circumstantially. They might have felt that it was impossible to continue on with the enemy so arrayed against them, but twenty-four times in those four short chapters we find Jehovah referred to as “the Lord of Hosts.” For instance in Malachi 3:1717And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. (Malachi 3:17), “And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels.” Yes, we always have the “Lord of Hosts” on our side, no matter how strong or how numerous the enemy may be. In fact, the title “Lord of Hosts” appears over one hundred and twenty five times in the Old Testament.