Memorise: The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid. Psalms 27:1
Read: 1st Samuel 17:45-50, (KJV) 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with
a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of
the Lord of
hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46 This
day will the Lord deliver
thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and
I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls
of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know
that there is a God in Israel.
47 And
all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth
not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's,
and he will give you into our hands.
48 And it
came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David,
that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 And
David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote
the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he
fell upon his face to the earth.
Bible in one year: Acts 18:18-20:16, Song of Solomon 5:2-9
MESSAGE
There is a threatening giant
mightier than Goliath that we must overcome if our lives will be meaningful and
highly fulfilling. This giant is no other one than the devil. As a matter of
fact, Goliath in our Bible reading for today was just an apprentice in the
school of Satan. The Bible says that the devil is a roaring lion walking about,
seeking whom he may devour (1st
Peter 5:8). This was exactly what Goliath did, he roared at the children of
Israel and they trembled before him.
“And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and
said unto them, why are ye come out to set your battle in array? Am not I a
Philistine, and ye servants of Saul? Choose you a man for you, and let him come
down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be
your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our
servants, and serve us.”
1st Samuel 17:8-9
How did the children of Israel
overcome the threatening giant of their lives? They overcame him through their
representative, the young David, who knew the God that he served. The giant
came, cursing David by the name of his gods and David returned the curses by
giving a deadly prophecy against the uncircumcised Philistine in the name of
his own God:
“This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and
I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases
of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the
wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in
Israel.”
1st Samuel 17:46
One lesson we learn from this
story is that battles of life are beyond the physical. Even the giant did not
rely on his strength alone; hence the reason he cursed David by his gods! David
was up to the task, so he replied, not in the same way but in a greater
dimension by condemning the host of the Philistine carcases to the beasts, not
only the Champion’s. This is why the Bible says.
“For we wrestle not against the flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Ephesians 6:12
This is equally why we must put
on the whole armour of God to be able to withstand the giants of our life,
particularly in our Christian lives. Another lesson is that, since our weapons
are not carnal, we must not attempt to fight against the giant with our senses
or physical weapons. When King Saul gave physical weapons to David, he rejected
them because he knew they would fail. He confidently challenged Goliath with
his God. I encourage you to take hold of the Name of the Lord in your battle
against the giants in your life and you will subdue them all. However, you must
have a cordial relationship with the bearer of the Name through holiness and perfect
obedience to His Word.
Prayer Point
Father, I come against all the giants of life threatening my destiny
and I destroy them completely today in Jesus’ mighty name.
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Heavens Daily, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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