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Text: Num 13:17-33
Theme: Be courageous, God is with you.
Doctrine: Kingly office of Christ
Image: Giants
Need: Courage
Message: Be courageous, God is with you.
*Discouraged by Giants*
Numbers 13:17-33
*Intro*
Have you ever seen the Disney cartoon /The Brave Little Tailor/?
In it a tailor, Mickey Mouse, swats seven flies with one blow.
He is so excited that he rushes all over his house, announcing this amazing feat to anyone within earshot.
The people in the street are discussing the appearance of giants in their land, and are discussing just what to do about them when suddenly Mickey pokes his head out the window and yells, “I killed seven with one blow!”
The people in the street think that he is talking about giants.
Before he knows it, the townsfolk have all heard that he has killed seven giants with one blow.
The whole town begins to rejoice.
They have now found the person they need to deal with the giants in their land.
They rush into his workshop and carry him out on their shoulders, celebrating their good fortune at having such a brave person living in the town.
Well, the rest of the cartoon deals with the funny situations Mickey gets himself into when the townsfolk pressure him to deal with the giants.
He ends up sewing the giant's clothes together and tying him up so that he can be carried off to another land.
Mickey did not want to face the giants, but his big mouth had gotten him into trouble.
*Page 1: Israelites are afraid to do God's work.*
The Israelites did not want to face the giants in the land of Canaan, either.
They had sent out a chief from every tribe to scout that land, and bring back to the people the report they needed.
Moses knew what the land looked like, God had told him.
He knew it was a good and spacious land, flowing with milk and honey, good for livestock and crops.
But he knew that the people wanted more than his word.
They wanted to hear the report from people who had seen the land.
So Moses picks a chief from each of the tribes of Israel.
He sends a leader from each tribe so that the people will have to listen to them when they all return.
He had just been opposed by his sister Miriam and Aaron, who wanted to take his place as leader.
God intervened, and saved Moses, but he was not going to take any more risks.
He wants to make sure he has enough authority over the people, so he sends these leaders to explore Canaan.
As they were leaving the camp, Moses said a little prayer, praying that they would return with a favourable report.
They went out from the camp, and began travelling north.
They had been camped in the Desert of Paran, and they approached the land of Canaan from the south east.
They travelled for a couple of days before they came upon the more fertile area of the Negev, south of the Dead Sea.
They came upon a wide area of fertile grassland.
As they continued to walk north west, toward the Dead Sea, they wandered around, staring wide eyed at the abundance of crops and livestock which thrived on the hills surrounding the sea.
They continued north and travelled along the Jordan River valley.
As they approached the northern end of the sea, they came in contact with more people.
There were cities, huge cities with tall, strong walls.
They walked past well tended vineyards, producing grape clusters so large they had to be carried between two men on a pole.
They ventured all the way up to the Sea of Galilee, and here they met something new.
The people around this area were extraordinarily large.
They were not simply tall, like Dutchmen, no it is suggested that they were around 10 feet tall.
These people were literally giants.
They stood almost twice as tall as the men exploring the land.
Needless to say, it was rather hard for them to blend in.
Everywhere they went, they stuck out like a sore thumb.
The men returned back to the camp to give their report to the people.
After travelling for forty days, they were exhausted.
They came back and reported to the people all that they had seen and experienced.
“It was better than Egypt,” they said.
“Everywhere we looked we saw hills covered in deep, lush grass.
The people have established a wonderful system of agriculture.
Everyone has a plot of ground which supports them and their families.
They grow all sorts of things there.
The crops are so big, we had to carry this grape cluster back on a pole.
They grow pomegranates and figs.
The land does flow with milk and honey, it is a great land to support crops and livestock.
But, we don't stand a chance.
The people there are powerful.
They are obviously trained warriors.
They have had the privilege of being able to settle, to build massive cities surrounded by walls.
There is no way we can get into even the least of their cities.
We do not have the strength.
The land is fully populated, there are many people there.
There is no way that our little nation could go up against the nations of the Amorites, the Jebusites, the Amelekites, and the Canaanites.
You know what the worst part is?
Some of these people aren't normal people either.
The nations in the north are the descendants of Anak.
They are so big, we felt like grasshoppers, and they treated us in the same manner.
They paid no attention to us.
They were not concerned that there were foreigners who were exploring their land.
They were not in the least threatened by our presence, nor should they have been.
We are about as useful against them as a bunch of bugs.
Those people are giants, and there is no way we can beat them.”
Caleb and Joshua were the only ones who gave a different report.
Caleb stood up and said, “Listen, we should go up and take possession of the land.
God has promised it to us, so we can certainly do it.”
But the rest of the people listened to the more “realistic” advice of the others.
“These guys have their heads in the clouds,” they said.
“They are simply not looking at the facts properly.
They are not using their heads.
We are faced with obstacles we cannot overcome.
We cannot do as God asks.”
The Israelites were faced with obstacles which seemed insurmountable to them, and so they were not willing to try. 
*Page 2: We are afraid to do God's work.*
When we are faced with obstacles which seem insurmountable, often we are not willing to try.
We look around at our community, and we see how Christ's presence is lacking.
We see the money that the country makes of the pornography industry, and gambling, and it seems like we are losing the culture wars.
We listen to the reports of horrible things happening in the world from the news anchors on our favourite station and throw our hands up in despair.
We cry out to God and ask him, “Why have you allowed this to happen?”
I can imagine him answering back, “Why have you?
Why have you not done more to stop it?
Why are you simply content to sit in your pew and watch the world walk away from me?
Why are you putting all the blame on me?” 
Why, indeed.
Do we do it because we think we can't do anything?
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