Deuteronomy 7:17-18 You may say to yourselves, "These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?" (The Israelites were poised to enter the Promised Land and, seeing the powerful inhabitants who already lived there, felt overwhelmed at the task the Lord had laid before them, to defeat these enemies and to drive them out of the land that the Lord had promised to them. In the same way, we also often face seemingly overwhelming situations that appear daunting and insurmountable to us, questioning how we can accomplish the task before us or how we can survive and endure the challenges before us. Just like the Israelites, when we fall into that trap, we are focusing on our own strength instead of on the Lord and on His plans and purposes for us.) But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.
(The Sovereign Lord reminds us not to look to our own devices, to our own strength, to our own abilities and resources, but to look to Him Who is the Great I AM and Who has spoken the truth over us that we will not only survive the situation, but that we will conquer it and be victorious in it, that He Himself will give us dominance. The situation does not win. His truth reigns. He reminds us to remember all that He has already done for us, that He has delivered us out of the power of the full array of the crippling bondage of Egypt and into His freedom and salvation and victory.
He still delivers us today into His truths over us
