Wed.’s Devo - The Giants in the Land

Read Ex. 33:1-3 At the end of the last chapter God told Moses to lead the people into the land that he had told Moses about and that He would send an Angel (capital “A”) before them. He also said that he would blot the sinners names out of his book and judge their sin of making the calf so he sent a plague. In this chapter he tells Moses again to lead the people into the land and that He will drive the people that live there now out. When we get saved (go through the Red Sea) we land on new territory that has enemies. Once we become a child of God we become a direct enemy of Satan’s and he has demons assigned to us to make us stumble and not get our inheritance and our spiritual destiny. These are our “giants in the land”. He gives us a list of them: Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and the Jebusites. They sound like members of the Termite Family! Let’s look at the meaning of their names and meet our enemies. Canaanites: They are the peddlers and their wares are humiliation. They tell you that you aren’t worth being used by God and they find ways to make you feel unqualified, useless, without gifts, etc. They lead you down the path of self pity. The next group are the Amorites. These men were of tall stature and dwelt in the mountains. They were know for their pride. They try to make us compare our selves with others, think more highly than we ought, think we don’t need God and a plethora of other lies. The Hittites were warriors who also lived in the mountains and they stood for “terror”. Fear is directly opposite of faith. The Perizzites lived in the open country and their meaning is “division”. They are the spirits that try to bring division in marriages, churches, friendships, etc. The Hivites which live in villages and are the “life-givers”. They are the spirits that want you to love your life and enjoy it instead of losing it for the gospel and allowing God to give you his life. Last of all we have the Jebusites. They occupied the land of and around Jerusalem. Their name means to fasten down and drown. They love to suck the life out of people so that they don’t have time or strength to follow God. They attack people in their jobs, finances, families - anyway they can to draw their strength so they won’t be able to fight back. These are our enemies we have to conquer to enter the land of promise. Lord, we thank you that our weapons are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds!