The Breakfast of Champions: Living Courageously

Henny Penny, also known as Chicken Little, is a tale about a chicken that believes the world is coming to an end. The moral, we learn, is not to believe everything you are told and to not be a ‘Chicken’ but have courage.

In a time characterized by moral, cultural, and economic bankruptcy, we need to return the strong foundation of God’s Word.

You will recall the story where God told the Israelites that the Promised Land was rich and fertile. Not only that, He promised that this bountiful land would be theirs. When the spies who were sent in to see what the land was like reported back to Moses, they gave plenty of good reasons for entering the land, but they couldn’t stop focusing on their fear. Talk of giants in the land and fortified cities made it easy to forget about God’s promise to help. When they returned to give their report, 10 of the men uttered four words that forever changed their destiny, “We be not able” (Numbers 13:31). But, Caleb who saw exactly the same land, giants and cities said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it” (Numbers 13:30).

Joshua also saw the same giants and walled city as the other spies, and added, “Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us” (Numbers 14:9).

Giants are the Breakfast of Champions

Joshua proclaimed that the giants in the land were bread for them: Giants are the breakfast of champions. Whatever you are facing today, whatever is keeping you from realizing your destiny, know that as you commit yourself to be wholly devoted to the Lord, fully separated to Him, allowing Him to develop in you the spirit of Caleb and Joshua, and following the Lord wholeheartedly, that He promises that even though delays may come that He will ultimately bring victory in your life!

God Has a Plan

“For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11)

God knows the future, and His plans for you are good and full of hope. As long as you surrender your whole self to God’s plans and as He goes with you as you fulfill His mission, you can realize unlimited possibilities. The Apostle John wrote in 1 John 2:17, “The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.” It may be difficult to believe that the person who does the will of God will live forever. But this is based on the facts of Jesus’ life, death, resurrection, and promises. Knowing that this evil world and your desires for its pleasures will end can give you courage to overcome. Now, this does not mean that you will be spared pain, suffering, or hardship in this world, but that God will see you through to a glorious conclusion. When evil, pain, suffering, or hardship strikes, you can still be thankful for God’s presence and for the good that He will accomplish through the storm. God loves you and wants only His best for you!

To Realize God’s Purpose and to be Victorious We Must

• Be submitted to God’s Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:16)
• Be equipped by God’s team (Ephesians 4:12)
• Demonstrate mutual, unconditional love of one another (2 Thessalonians 1:3)
• Have daily spiritual nourishment from God’s Word (1 Pet. 2:2)
• Have opportunity to exercise faith (Philippians 1:6)
• Have an understanding of moral absolutes (2 Peter 1:5-11)
• Be grounded in essential doctrine (Hebrews 5:11-14)
• Think and live with a consistent and cohesive Biblical worldview based on the infallible Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16).

By diligently learning, applying and trusting God’s truths in every area of our lives we can begin to develop a deep lasting faith that will stand against the unrelenting tide of today’s Henny Penny “the sky is falling” ideas.

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