Good morning, Champion.
That’s How to Talk to Your Giants
1 Samuel 17: 45 – 46 (NIV)
David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
Here David gives us a lesson on how to talk to giants. We have spoken about mountains the last couple of days so now let’s speak of giants, or in other words, those situations and things that stand in front of you threatening and intimidating you and whose sole purpose it is to create a life-freezing fear within you. Look how David approached Goliath. What gave David the confidence to approach this giant with such authority? Yes, you guessed it. He had been basking in the bigness of His God.
The Israelites, on the other hand, had been basking in the bigness of this giant for many days. He came before them daily and threatened them with intimidating statements. When you read this chapter you see that they had become experts concerning this giant. They knew his size and how much his spearhead weighed. They had spent days basking in his bigness which had produced fear and caused them to totally forget how awesome there covenant God was. David wasn’t having any of it! He was a shepherd boy who spent years staring into star-filled heavens, worshipping God and he had spent years basking in the bigness of God so that when this moment arrived there was no competition. His G.O.D was B.I.G! He just ran at the problem from his correct godly perception and dealt with it in no time at all.
Champion, when like David you make it your habit to bask in the bigness of God and not become an expert concerning the giants of life, you too can run at any giant as David did and tell them their destiny and then take them out.
Remember, we are in covenant with the same God that David trusted. In fact, we have a superior Christ- based covenant with Him! Stop studying the giant, but rather let God’s bigness get into your heart!
Hey Champion, why not go tell a giant what you and your covenant God are going to do to it!
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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