Deuteronomy 1:28-31 (NIV) "Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart. They say, 'The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there,'" Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your GOD, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."
When a child, who is barely three feet tall, sees the world around him ... from his vantage point everything is terrifying. But, when the child is picked up and placed on his father's shoulders the child gains a new understanding of his surroundings. Those that seemed like giants are not so big after all. 'What was I afraid of?' Also, the child can 'see' much farther from the shoulders of his father. The child's line of sight is much better. He can preceive the far horizon and feel at peace that he is in a safe place. What safer place is there?
Moses sent the spies out into Canaan to do reconnaissance and report back. Through the spies eyes (except Joshua & Caleb) and at their level of understanding what they saw was terrifying. Giants and high walled fortified cities. How could they overcome them? They could not. Not without the LORD their God. Moses reminded the spooked Israelites of how GOD had rescued them from their slave masters in Egypt, and how HE had 'carried them' like a father carries his son thru the desert leading to Canaan.
Have we asked Our Father to carry us on HIS shoulders?
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