NOT BY MIGHT
1 Samuel 17:1-51

Trust in Him, remind Him of His goodness and mercy and He will render unto you what it takes to overcome. Goliath was described like this: “And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. 6 And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. 7 Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him.” (1 Samuel 17:4-7) With this kind of description, there should be no man that is born with the right mind that will volunteer to go and battle Goliath. It takes only one with the mind of God, the one whose heart does not fail to go against him in battle. David a young shepherd was described by his eldest brother Eliab, “…I know your pride and the insolence of your heart…” (1 Samuel 17:28) David indeed was well described by his brother by using the word insolence, which means: boldly disrespectful or shamelessly bold. He was also described as, “…Only a youth, ruddy and good looking…” (1 Samuel 17:42) David had nothing to fight the might of Goliath with, but his trust was in the power and might of the One and only God. Goliath made all the noise he could make, “And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!” (1 Samuel 17:44) After all his noise and negative confessions on himself, “Then David said to the Philistine, “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 defied. 46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.” (1 Samuel 17:45-46) This testimony is speaking to no one other than you. The Word of God is life and it will take you to a new height in trusting God. Indeed God responded on behalf of David, great Goliath with great height fell. And he became a story forever.

Prayer for today: Father, You are not a partial God, enable me to take the kind of stand that David took in You against Goliath, so the Goliath in my life will fall forever.