No intimidation
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When Caleb and Joshua came back with the other spies and told the people that they were able to take the land of promise despite the so-called giants the remaining ten spies complained about, they were foreshadowing our text. Granted, scripture is replete with stories with such lessons, they all were also pointing us to learn this lesson. "Don't be intimidated by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself." (Phil.1.28 NLT) Don't be intimidated by your enemies. That suggests that they may appear intimidating but refuse to be intimidated. Refuse to let the enemy see you sweat. Don't flinch or dodge before opposition. Don't be frightened by anything by the opponent Paul told us the reason for this. He says God has not given us the spirit of timidity. "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear