Through The Bible in a Year - March 2, 2026

“The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you.” - Deuteronomy 1:30

What are common denominators in the experience of any faithful church of God in any era? Here they are:

1. Giants opposing the purposes of God. That’s normal for any age that’s doing God’s will.

2. Persecution that is normal. It’s not strange or new. Often, times of persecution are when the church thrives most—when people are forced to their knees saying, “God, You must do something beyond us.”

3. Obstacles are also par for the course. If being faithful were going to be easy, we wouldn’t require God’s help at all.

4. The last common denominator – a God who is greater than everything or everyone else. The presence of our God is the game-changer.

Churches exist for supernatural change. There has never been a time when it was natural for people to repent of sin. Christian work has always depended on God doing what we cannot do.

Which means our present cultural challenges make our work zero more difficult. Why?

Because God’s work never depended on us in the first place. Always we could do nothing apart from him, but we can also do all things he requires through Him who strengthens us.

Is it hard to raise Christian kids in this culture? Yes—that’s a giant challenge!  But our God is bigger.

Is it hard to be a faithful, united church despite generational, cultural, ethnic, political, and economic differences? Yes, that’s a giant concern! Our God is bigger.

Is it hard to do ministry when friends and family and bosses pressure us to yield to the present values of a secular culture? Yes—that’s a giant problem! Our God is bigger.

Remember it is not the size of the dog in the fight that matters nearly so much as the size of the fight in the dog. And greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

Respond: What obstacle feels impossibly big right now? Remember: churches exist for supernatural change. What God calls you to accomplish or oppose has never been about your ability—it’s always been about God’s. Trust Him to do what you cannot against the obstacles that seem giant.

Prayer: Supernatural God, I’ve been looking at obstacles like they’re giants bigger than You. Forgive me. You’ve always worked through impossible situations. You specialize in what I cannot do. Fight for me. Work through me. Do the impossible. In Jesus’ name, amen.