1 Samuel 17:45 45Then David said to the Philistine, “... I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Ever wonder why two people can hear the same thing and yet have very different
responses? For one, what is said makes him afraid and discouraged.
For the other, his heart is so filled with faith that he dares to come against
the devil and what he is doing.
In the Valley of Elah, Goliath the Philistine giant taunted the armies of Israel
for 40 days. When David came on the scene, he heard the same mockings of
Goliath that the rest of the Israelites heard. But somehow, those same words
which caused fear in the soldiers angered David. What did David know or see
that the others failed to see?
David knew that he had a covenant with God. Now, King Saul and all the
soldiers with him that day also had the same covenant with God, but only David
believed the covenant. And he acted on his belief. So God caused his giant to
come tumbling down.
If David had such a great victory even though he was under the old covenant,
how much more you and I who are under the new covenant! Today, God is asking,
“Where are my Davids who will believe the new covenant?”
What is the new covenant? It is the covenant of grace. And grace means unmerited,
undeserved, unearned favor. God wants us to know that He has cut this
covenant with us through Christ our representative. And according to the covenant,
we have His undeserved favor. We are blessed because Jesus took our beating.
Because of what Jesus has done on the cross, we have victory over every giant.
Isn’t that good news? Today, God wants you to stand before your “giant” and
declare that in spite of what you are going through, in spite of what is happening,
you believe that God is for you because of what Jesus has done for you. And then,
before your very eyes, you will see the giants of accusation, intimidation, condemnation,
disease and debt fall flat before you!
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