King David was a mighty warrior but he was still able to become weak and exhausted in the heat of the battle. Life can make any one of us feel like that too. It goes on to say, at his weakest point one of the sons of the giants had David cornered, and was just about to kill him with a new sword when one of David’s men came and killed the giant for him. (Vs 16-17) (Even if we feel we’re cornered and the enemy pulls out a new sword he still can’t defeat us!)
Sometimes when we’re at a low ebb, when we’re weak and exhausted we need the help of our brothers and sisters in the Lord to stand and enter the battle with us to help defeat our foes. To do that we need to have relationship, not just with the Lord, but with each other, to care about each other enough to stand in the gap for them.
Saying “Hello, how are you?” on a Sunday morning then going out the door, is not relationship but it requires more of us, a giving of ourselves to others to be there for them, doesn’t it?
As we read on we find several of David’s men went on and killed four more of the remaining giants. One was huge with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot and he had taunted and defied Israel. Big mistake! David’s nephew took him down and killed him. It’s not a good idea to defy God’s people!
When we do feel weak and exhausted it’s good to know God has men and women who will be there for us too, who will take up the sword of the spirit (the Word of God) and the shield of faith and fight for us and with us. Or maybe we need to be that person for someone else?
Whichever it is, we can know this, God is for us, so no-one and no thing can successfully be against us. Even if it looks like they are, God already has His ‘turn around plan’ set up, with His favour and our name on it.😊
He has given us His victory, and when we stick with Him we will see it because we are on the winning side and Jesus will always be our Champion forevermore. Glory to His name.
No comments:
Post a Comment