Jesus, Greater than Thousands

"I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about." (Psalm 3: 6)

Never should we fear the great numbers which face us.

The LORD God comforted His people Israel in face of fights to come:

"And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; 4For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you." (Deuteronomy 20: 3-4)

When you see the LORD, when you Jesus as your savior, Him who has been from the beginning, and you receive more of His love, then every fear is banished in your life (1 John 4: 18)

Consider also this passage in the Old Testament:

"And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands" (1 Samuel 18: 7)

Saul is a picture of our flesh, ourselves, and our fallen nature. No matter what Saul did as king, his military exploits never matched what David accomplished.

Let us not forget that David slew one giant, Goliath:

"50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David." (1 Samuel 17: 50)

Yet because David slew this giant, he aided the Israelites in killing tens of thousands of Philistines.

And God gave the glory to David, His Beloved, because He trusted in the Lord His God.

Today, we are in the Beloved, Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1: 6), and in Christ, we are more than conquerors (Romans 8: 37). Because of His great love for His Son, God the Father has placed all things, more than thousands, under His feet:

"The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool" (Psalm 110: 1)

and

"And [God the Father] hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church" (Ephesians 1: 22)

Just in case you might think that this promise does not pertain to you:

"And [God the Father] hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:" (Ephesians 2: 6)

Jesus is greater than the thousands, or the ten thousands, and you are in Him, so you have nothing to fear!