The Joshua & Caleb Key to Victory | Jonathan Cahn Sermon
David wasn’t a warrior at the beginning. He didn’t lead an army. He was simply a shepherd—but he used what God had already done in his life. He remembered: “God, You rescued me from the lion. You rescued me from the bear when I was tending the sheep—and You will rescue me again now.” This pattern appears again and again throughout the Bible.
That repetition matters. It’s a powerful, life-changing strategy: apply what God has already proven. Don’t let past victories, blessings, answered prayers, and testimonies go to waste. Use them.
Now let’s talk about how to face your “giant” and overcome it.
How to Defeat Your Giant: A Biblical Strategy
Who were the “giant killers” in Scripture? In many ways: Joshua, Caleb, and the new generation. What helped them overcome the giants in the land? Their approach is crucial—and it can change your life.
Joshua and Caleb declared, “The land is exceedingly good.” Here’s the first key: they didn’t focus on the giants.
They acknowledged the giants were real, but they refused to magnify them. Instead, they focused on something greater:
- the promise of God
- the calling of God
- the Word of God
And that’s where your breakthrough begins too.
1) Stop Empowering the Problem
You must stop feeding your fear and strengthening your struggle by obsessing over it.
Stop magnifying the giant. It’s already a giant—you don’t need to make it bigger with constant attention, worry, and mental replay.
When you fixate on problem after problem, you’re unintentionally enlarging the battle. Shift your focus. Focus on God’s promise and purpose for your life.
2) Magnify God’s Promise, Not the Giant
Yes, you know the giant is there. You face it. You deal with it. But your heart and mind were never meant to live there.
Your faith is not built around the problem—your faith is built around the answer.
So lean into the promise:
- read it
- meditate on it
- let it sink into your heart
- let it reshape your thinking
God’s Word contains the life He’s calling you into—a life of freedom, blessing, purity, clarity, joy, and strength. That’s part of your promised life. And the giant is trying to block it. Don’t accept that.
Let your mindset become:
“God’s calling on my life is too great to be stopped by this giant.”
3) Don’t Live in Fear
Joshua and Caleb told Israel: “Do not fear the people of the land.” But the people chose fear.
Living in fear, anxiety, and constant worry isn’t holiness. Even if you complain about evil nonstop, it doesn’t make it holy—it only gives it attention.
Stop reverencing the threat. Stop giving it center stage. Scripture teaches: “I will fear no evil.” And that includes your giant.
Because this isn’t about your power. It’s about God’s power.
4) Believe God’s Power at Work in You
How did God bring down giants? Not by lightning from heaven—but through His people.
So it’s not faith in your own strength; it’s faith in God’s strength in you.
“I can do all things through the Messiah who strengthens me.”
That includes defeating giants.
5) Reverse the Fear—Make the Giant the One Afraid
Joshua and Caleb boldly said about the giants: “They will be our prey.”
That’s a total reversal—and faith often requires exactly that: flipping the script.
You stop saying, “I’m afraid of this,” and start declaring, “In God’s strength, this will not dominate me anymore.”
