FAITH CAPSULE: If you love His law it is time to rise and see your challenge over.  

1 Samuel 17

As the Israelites gathered for battle against the Philistines, they were constantly assaulted by Goliath. It is written in 1 Samuel 17:10-11, “And the Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.” When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine; they were dismayed and greatly afraid.” The armies of God were constantly kept in fear where they should have been in faith. As an acclaimed believer, what challenge is keeping you in fear and not remember who your God is? For forty days, the armies of the living God were silent in fear before armies that do not have a living God. Does this sound like your case? Do you love the law (word) of God? The word of God promises those who love the law (word) of God in Psalm 119:165, “Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble.” Ask yourself if indeed you love His law not just by mouth but by living under His law. If you love His law it is time for you to rise and see your challenge to be over. Disregard whatever in the physical that is pointing you out as a looser and identify yourself in the Lord your God.
Once King Jehoshaphat encountered a confronting challenge, “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. So Judah gathered together to ask help from the LORD; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.” (2 Chronicles 20:3-4) Jehoshaphat refused to entertain fear like King Saul and his armies did. Jehoshaphat rose in faith; sought God by waiting and fasting. Through the Bible, beautiful and unfailing promises await those who care and know to wait on God. Among such promises are: “…but those who wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the earth…” (Psalm 347:9) “But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)  The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. (Lamentations 3:25) King Jehoshaphat waited on God and won.
David a young man; not a listed army; saw and heard the giant that was defying the armies of the living God. He decided to rise in faith and not sink in fear against Goliath. The same God that delivers David will grant you victory. The battle is not yours, let God fight for you and you will win.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of waiting on God in the face of every confronting challenge of your life.