David and Goliath

You most likely would have read about the story of David and Goliath or maybe heard of it. You find an inexperienced 17 year old who challenged a giant, who has been fighting from his youth and a champion. The very funny thing is that they both were representatives of their land and had no choice but to win or else the loser becomes slaves to the winner. So, how would an inexperienced youth out rightly defeat a champion who is a giant and has been fighting from his youth? I’m sure what you’re saying right now is, “yeah, yeah, I know the whole story, my Pastor preached this several times”. But my point here is to properly understand what David did and how we could tap from his wisdom.

As we all know David the 17 year old boy defeated the giant with a piece of stone which he slung at Goliath the giant’s forehead. But how many of us know that it wasn’t David who actually killed Goliath directly? Yeah, you must have heard that several times. David was anointed King over Israel; to be anointed allows the Holy Spirit to come upon the one anointed.

David understood the might of God in the universe and also understood what being circumcised meant. To be circumcised implies being set aside as God’s own, therefore no one gets to you without first going through God, so God gave His own total protection against the wicked one. David understood this, but the armies of Israel didn’t properly understand this, because if they did, they would have conquered the Philistines, believing God would fight their battles for them, but they didn’t believe thus making them raise their challenges above the mighty and powerful God.

We must remember who owns us, unlike the era of David where the Spirit could come and leave, but for Believers under this new covenant, after accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour, the Holy comes to live with and in us permanently not just with us alone as it was in the old covenant. With this in mind you must understand that, “you have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the deception.” (1 John 4:4-6 NLT).

David understood that he belonged to God because of the covenant of circumcision, as he referred to the Goliath saying, “For who s this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God” (1 Samuel 17:26b NKJV). The understanding that God was the one fighting for Israel was what David stood on; he told Goliath, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defiled” (1 Samuel 17:45 NKJV). He knew it was not by physical power or by might but by the Spirit.

David’s actions were full of faith and this is how we are to live. As Believers, having the fullness of Christ, we must understand that as God is for us, no one can come against us; God has said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay” (Hebrews 10:30; Deuteronomy 32:35 NKJV); so it is not our battle but the Lord’s. Proverbs 21:31 says, “The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance is of the LORD.” (NKJV).

We are to stand still and know that God is God and He is what He says He is; there is no power in the entire universe that can stand the power of the Monarch of the universe whom we serve. We need to remind ourselves every day. If your problems seems so large to you, place it beside God and know how infinitesimal it is beside Him; trust and have faith in God as David did and see your problems crumble before your eyes, “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19 NKJV); THIS IS THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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GOD BLESS YOU.

Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version (KJV)