A little emotional today as I type. God cares for His people greatly and He desires to for us to be free from anything and everything that holds us captive TODAY! TODAY is the day that the Lord has made. TODAY is the Lord's day. TODAY is your day for deliverance. TODAY is your day to be set free. I pray you receive this, and that the Lord speaks to you. All it takes is a word from the Lord to set you free. Halellujah! Lets look to His word....
20 So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army. 22 And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 23 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid. 25 So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel.”
26 Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27 And the people answered him in this manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”
28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
29 And David said, “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?” 30 Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.
31 Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. 32 Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 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.” 37 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!”
One of the first things that stands out to me in this text is how David responded when he heard the Philistine that was intimidating Israel: 23 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them.
It just so happens that sometimes in life we overhear some stuff. Sometimes in life it just so happens we overhear about some troubles that God's people are going through. How should we respond? Well the first thing David does is use his words to strip the Phillistine of his power. David says "For who is this uncircumsized Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?". He is basically saying "He ain't nobody", shrinking him down to size in the presence of God's people. That's what we should do when we "overhear" how God's people are afflicted. We need to respond to what we hear by shrinking that situation down to it's rightful size. The next thing David does in the text is remember his former station in life and he recalls what God did through him in the past, and he declares that what God did through him in the past; God will do it again in this situation. Don't forget about how God how used you in your former stations in life. Don't you dare think that what God did through you was specific to just that station in life. I want to speak over your life right now and my own life, that what God through you before, he'll do it again! Your annointing hasn't gone anywhere, neither has your gift. Matter-a-fact they are stronger than before.
1 Sam 17
20 So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army. 22 And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 23 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid. 25 So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel.”
26 Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27 And the people answered him in this manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”
28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
29 And David said, “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?” 30 Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.
31 Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. 32 Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 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.” 37 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!”
One of the first things that stands out to me in this text is how David responded when he heard the Philistine that was intimidating Israel: 23 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them.
It just so happens that sometimes in life we overhear some stuff. Sometimes in life it just so happens we overhear about some troubles that God's people are going through. How should we respond? Well the first thing David does is use his words to strip the Phillistine of his power. David says "For who is this uncircumsized Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?". He is basically saying "He ain't nobody", shrinking him down to size in the presence of God's people. That's what we should do when we "overhear" how God's people are afflicted. We need to respond to what we hear by shrinking that situation down to it's rightful size. The next thing David does in the text is remember his former station in life and he recalls what God did through him in the past, and he declares that what God did through him in the past; God will do it again in this situation. Don't forget about how God how used you in your former stations in life. Don't you dare think that what God did through you was specific to just that station in life. I want to speak over your life right now and my own life, that what God through you before, he'll do it again! Your annointing hasn't gone anywhere, neither has your gift. Matter-a-fact they are stronger than before.
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