Beloved, you wrestle not against flesh and blood. Your enemy is the devil, not your boss, colleague, pastor, or president. It should hurt your heart to see that those who carried God’s grace fell so far that they became tools in the hand of the enemy.
Beloved, life can be discouraging, to say the least. Sometimes it can feel like an avalanche of troubles has been unleashed on you and you are struggling to breathe. In these times, do what David did and encourage yourself in the Lord. That means finding your joy, hope, strength, and confidence again in God. How do you do that?
I have a question for you, if you had a rare opportunity to destroy an enemy would you pass it up? I don’t even have a yes to that question. I am a peaceful person but I am not usually in the habit of letting my enemies go scott-free. Yet I understand why David did.
When we tell the story of the friendship between David and Jonathan, we seem to omit how much courage it must have taken for Jonathan to maintain a covenant with the one person his father hated the most. It took courage to defy blood relations and family ties. He had to endure the consequences of his covenant. The discomfort in the palace, the tension with his father, and the sneers from those loyal to the throne.
Listen, God’s gift cannot be acquired or maintained outside God. If God has given something to somebody no spear you throw can take it away from them. You can plot, scheme, try, jazz, anything you like, God has taken it, period. The
So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone…
Words have the ability to bring death and life. When your enemy speaks death you have to respond with life. you cannot let negative words spoken over you go unanswered. Every word spoken is on an assignment and only another word can render it impotent.
If you are going to step out to fulfill God’s purpose, if you’re going to chase that dream and succeed, then you cannot do it in another man’s armor. You cannot try to look like “them”,
Moreover David said, “The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you!” Yesterday we talked about how we can handle our doubters who tend…
The second challenge David faced came through King Saul. He represents a group of people I call the doubters. These people do not know your qualification for the assignment, so they will discourage you from venturing into it. The thing about doubters is that they are not as spiteful as the jealous bunch. some of them are actually concerned from your welfare.
