Some days when I come into prayer, I really need to hear a specific word from God. Somedays I’ve got something on my heart that’s really bothering me.  Something that’s worrying me, taking my joy and taking my peace.

There are some days when there is just something heavy on my heart that I need the Lord to speak to.

We’ve all been there, haven’t we?  We’ve all brought our stuff to God and said – God I need to know you are here with this.  I need to hear your voice, I need your word, I need your assurance.

Today was a day like that for me.  Nothing major, I just had a couple of things I was praying about, both personal and church related, a couple of things I was trying to figure out, some things I needed discernment over.

And as I read through some of the readings this morning, I read a verse in Deuteronomy (yes, Deuteronomy!) that really hit home with me and gave me some assurance.  It says there in chapter 3:22

22 Do not fear them, for it is the LORD your God who fights for you.”

A simple verse, a short verse. How can that say what I needed to hear this morning?

Well, it reminds me to be brave and that God is bigger than whatever it is I face. I reminds me that no matter what challenges I may face, God is bigger.  God is stronger.  God is more mighty.

I don’t fight alone – God fights for me.

And because of that, I have no reason to fear. For, God is with me.  If God is for us, who can be against us, as Paul reminds us!

What have we to fear?  What have we to fret about? What have we to worry about? For, God is with us. God fights for us. God strengthens us!  God is our might and power and hope.

Why do we worry?  Why do we fear?  God fights for us.

Today, no matter what you face, God is bigger.  Today, no matter what you are worried about, God is bigger. Today, no matter what is in your future, God is bigger.

Do not fear. God is with you. And He fights for you.