Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you.

But now mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my natural, but my spiritual eyes, for my natural eyes could not have beheld; for I should have withered and died in his presence; but his glory was upon me; and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured before him.

Yet it seems that a final race struggle is unavoidable

Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

Fear not! Stand your ground... the Lord himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still.

See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse- the blessing if you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today; the curse if you disobey the commands of the LORD your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.