FAITH CAPSULE: Ability to remember the greatness of God will deliver one from the fear of the enemy.

1 Samuel 17: 1-44

Inability to keep the greatness of God in your life will expose you to the fear of your enemy. For forty days, morning and night armies of the living God (children of Israel) suffered assault from the Philistines as they gathered for battle. The bible referred to the leader of this assault as the champion, the Philistine of Gath, named Goliath. While they wait to engage each other in battle, the Philistine said to the children of Israel, “…I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”(1 Samuel 17:10) Goliath’s verbal abuse and emotional shots at the Israelites did not settle well with Israelites as they were overwhelmed by being afraid. 1Samuel 17:11 recorded, “When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistines; they were dismayed and greatly afraid.” To be afraid and be greatly dismayed of an unbeliever is to have forgotten God’s testimonies.
Is there any reason for the fear of an unbeliever in your life?
Can you examine the situation in your life that has kept you so low in fear and being afraid that you cannot remember who your God is? For forty days!! The armies of the living God were crawling before armies that do not have a living God. So sad! Does this sound like your case? As a believer, have you failed to remember who you are serving? When a believer fails to remember, such believer will not be able to identify him/herself in God. 1Samuel 17:24 recorded, “Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear.” Fleeing will not solve your case until you identify yourself in God and allow Him to fight your challenge. Yes, everything in the physical is pointing you out as looser of your challenge. All you need to do is identify yourself.
David a young man; not a listed army; saw and heard the man that was defying the armies of the living God. He decided to stand up to Goliath. David took up the challenging fear of Goliath for the people of Israelites because he remembered his testimony of God by stating, “Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” (1 Samuel 17:36) By being able to remember the greatness of his God, he was able to identify himself in God. His identity was his claim that, the same God will deliver him from the hand of Goliath. Psalmist stated, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart!” Obviously, David was a keeper of God’s testimonies and he successfully sought God with the whole heart as he engaged and brought down the giant that was defying the name of God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be keeping to God’s testimonies that is able to keep you from shame in the hand of the enemy.