Sometimes things aren't nearly as bad as they may seem at the time. Remember back during your dating days, when that special someone broke up with you, it seemed to be the end of the world. Life just wasn't worth living anymore! But, in time, you came to realize it wasn't the major disaster you initially thought it was.
I think we do that a lot as we grow up. I don't mean to trivialize true tragedies we face, but often when things go wrong, our first reaction is to panic and think our world is coming to an end.
When the spies returned from the land of Canaan and told about the "giants" they encountered, the Israelites' reaction was, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!" (Numbers 14:2)
Only two spies took the attitude, "Our problem is big, but our God is bigger. Things aren't nearly as bad as they seem." "Do not be terrified, or afraid of them. The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you...." (Deuteronomy 1:29-30)
Whatever problem you may be facing today, may you do so with the knowledge that however big it may be, our God is even bigger!
