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Deuteronomy 1:29-33  The Message

^29-33 I tried to relieve your fears: “Don’t be terrified of them. God, your God, is leading the way; he’s fighting for you. You saw with your own eyes what he did for you in Egypt; you saw what he did in the wilderness, how God, your God, carried you as a father carries his child, carried you the whole way until you arrived here. But now that you’re here, you won’t trust God, your God—this same God who goes ahead of you in your travels to scout out a place to pitch camp, a fire by night and a cloud by day to show you the way to go.”

For Reflection 

We are human.  We struggle each day to survive. We lack the vision to predict success in the face of threat. Prosperity and peace are but a brief respite that leads to false security and a delusion of self sufficiency.  Our first response to impending threat is to flee or fight.  We live with fear of failure and death is failure's consequence.  We delude ourselves into thinking that prosperity and security are products of our own making.  We in our comfort have forgotten that God made all prosperity possible.  We have lost our trust in God.

Pray

Stay in touch with God.  Pray often.  Fight fear with radical trust in God.  Live as though all will be made well.  Pray so that you will know that God will show you the way and protect you on your journey.