Faith in the Face of Giants

“According to the number of days in which you spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years… Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive.” 

— Numbers 14:34, 38 (ESV)

“The promises of God are like checks—drawn on the bank of heaven—and faith is the hand that signs them and brings them to account.”  — Charles Spurgeon

Reading the story of Caleb and Joshua in Numbers deeply convicted me.

While ten spies saw only giants and obstacles, Caleb and Joshua chose to believe God’s promise despite what they saw.

When God called me to America, I believed Him. But the last five years have been incredibly hard — we lost five children, and I’ve watched painful division and growing apathy in the Church. The giants felt overwhelming.

I never stopped believing, but I grew weary and discouraged.

This morning, the Lord refreshed my heart and opened my eyes once again:

God is not done with America.

The giants are real and they are big — but our God is greater. Today, I’m making a fresh decision. I’m signing up again. I’m all in. I choose to trust God fully for everything He has spoken, no matter how impossible it looks.

If you’re facing giants right now — discouragement, loss, setbacks, or opposition — hear this:

Don’t fix your eyes on the size of the obstacles. 

Fix your eyes on the faithfulness of God.

Take hold of His promises by faith and bring them to account.

Whatever assignment God has given you, stay focused and faithful in the face of adversity. Keep believing. Keep obeying. Keep moving forward.

God honors those who trust Him even when the path is hard.

Let’s be like Caleb and Joshua — people of wholehearted faith.