Precious People
“You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.” Deuteronomy 7:21 NKJV Those who are terrified and intimidated by the status of the great and mighty of this world will readily fall for every offer of opportunity, either to compete or to comply. This is the natural mentality of people with limited understanding of the great God. To them, God is great when He shows and gives greatness; and great, when He gives a magic opportunity to those who believe in Him for competition. Whereas, God is not just great because of His gift of greatness; He is the great and awesome God. Therefore, God had to warn His precious people - the children of Israel - against fear; and appeared to tell them “ You shall not be terrified of them”, even when it takes time to show my greatness. Just like God is not great because of His show of greatness, believers in God are precious people because of their possession of God. “ You shall not be terrifi...