Giant

     Doing everything right all of the time isn't possible.  Being a Christian doesn't mean being perfect.  What we have to be is willing to listen to, and do as God tells us, when He tells us to do it.
     Our finances were bad.  Rent was over due and we didn't have any of it.  We had bills that we weren't able to pay.  My three kids and Mark's son, were all coming over for the next six days.  We were painting signs at the time, but there was no work in sight.  Mark was tired all of the time and he was having terrible headaches, that was the first giant in the land.
     Elijah was a baby, and he had just gotten over a cold.  My Mom and Dad would babysit when we had work, so while babysitting, my Mom caught a cold from Elijah.  Because of her age and because she had contracted Mono in the past and it hurt her immune system, she asked me not to bring Elijah over any more when he is sick.  That was the second giant in the land.
     Mark's daughter, Melody, called and asked to stay with us for the weekend because she had just moved into a new place and they didn't have any gas for heat.  That wouldn't have been bad but she said that her kids were also sick and I was afraid Elijah would get sick again and then we wouldn't be able to leave him with my parents if we did get some work.  That was giant number three.
     We were up against a lot, just like the Israelites were up against a lot when they were in the desert, before they were to enter the land of milk and honey.
     God brought the Israelities out of Egypt, He led them through the desert with fire at night and clouds during the day.  He gave them everything that they needed.  God led them right up to the land that He was to give them.  God gave the land of milk and honey to the israelities , but the Israelities grumbled against God, saying, "The Lord hates us;  so He brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.  Where can we go?  Our brothers have made us lose heart they say, 'The people are stronger and taller than we are;  the cities are larger with walls up to the sky.  We even saw Anakites there."  The Anakites were compaired to giants or Nephilim.  The Amorites were a very wicked people and their cities were fortified.  The Israelities were very afraid of these people.
     God said that He would carry the Israelities as a father carries a son but they were still afraid, they did not trust God.  So, God said that only the children and a few others would make it into the land.  The Israelities then decided that they were going to fight their way in, God told them not to try, God knew they would not succeed, but they did it anyway, and without God's help, the people failed.
     God has promised me many things in the Bible.  But all I see are giants.  Not enough money for my bills, or food for my kids.  Sickness and threats of sickness.  If I want the promised land then I'm really going to have to trust God and that doesn't mean giving up, ot complaining!  God also showed the Israelities that they have to do things His way or they will not succeed.  I need to trust God, but I also need to do things when He wants them done.  Then and only then can I enter and face those giants.