Be strong and courageous
Be strong and courageous
(Remembering Your Deliverances)
David Wilkerson
We’d remember the past deliverances as a weapon against fear
It’s a weapon against fear.
I tell you what.
Listen to the statement.
‘Fear cannot get a strong hold in the heart of someone who’s full of the vision and the majesty of God.’
There’s no way that doubt can get a hold of you if you’re full of the vision of His might and His power.
Nehemiah understood this principle very well.
He was on the wall patient back and forth.
And the children of Israel were just remnant.
They were worn-out.
They were surrounded by wicked Sanballat and Tobiah.
And Sanballat and Tobiah had a rally to the Amonites, the Arabians, and the Ashdodites.
And they were pressing on all sides so much so that workers on the wall.
The wall hasn’t finished yet.
There’re heaps of the rubbish everywhere.
The gap hasn’t been closed.
And they had a hammer on one hand and a sword in the other.
And they had to try to do that work watching over the wall for the enemy to come in.
There’s fear setting in to the children of Israel.
Nehemiah was given a principle that falls right in the line with this.
He remembered how great and awesome God was.
And so he went up and down the wall preaching this message.
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers,
and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them:
remember the Lord, [which is] great and terrible, and fight.
(Nehemiah 4:14)
He said,
“That’s all you’ve got to do. Remember who He is.”
And he used that word ‘terrible’, ‘awesome’.
“Remember how awesome your God is. Don’t be afraid.”
You know that’s how Moses draw the fear out of his congregation.
If thou shalt say in thine heart,
These nations [are] more than I; how can I dispossess them?
Deuteronomy 7:17
Thou shalt not be afraid of them: [but] shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
Deuteronomy 7:18
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God [is] among you, a mighty God and terrible.
Deuteronomy 7:21
We have a terrible God which means terrifying, powerful, mighty, awesome.
God says, “Don’t forget who I am.”
For the LORD most high [is] terrible;
[he is] a great King over all the earth.
Psalms 47:2
That’s what Moses was saying.
“You’re gonna face all kinds of enemies bigger and stronger than you.
You’re gonna wonder how you can ever get through.
But all I’m asking is …
Remember who He is.
Remember how faithful He’s been.
You’ve got to remember how great He is
and then appropriate that greatness for your present crisis.”
It’s not enough to remember how great God is.
You have to by faith say, “He is great on my behalf.”
Now listen to me, follow me, please.
Moses said, “All of these things God has done … In other words He didn’t do this just to show off His power. He didn’t do this just to be God, God playing God, God being God.”
Before he died the last thing Moses said.
Be strong and of a good courage,
fear not, nor be afraid of them:
for the LORD thy God,
he [it is] that doth go with thee;
(Deuteronomy 31:6)
He will never fail you.
You need a miracle in your life?
He will never fail you.
The God who created heavens will create a miracle for you.
David said,
And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people,
[even] like Israel, whom God went … to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt,
(2 Samuel 7:23)
You’ve got a battle facing you.
You’ve got something ahead of you.
What’s the Lord done?
How many prayers He answered for you?
What a mighty God we serve!
Thank You for everything You’ve done, Lord Jesus
Thank You for what you’ve done.
Jesus, I believe You.
You can meet any need that I have.
I believe You.