MIGHTY GOD

April 11, 2014

In 1 Samuel 17, the Philistines gathered to battle against the Israelites. Their captain; Goliath was a giant who by all description was a physical representation of terror. To compound the issue, he requested that the battle be a one on one battle. He said in verse 9, “If your man is able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.”

Bible says in verse 11 that, “When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.” Immediately, they forgot how God showed His mighty powers over the Amalekites, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites and even how Jonathan was able to defeat this same Philistines without enough weapons. For forty days, no one in Israel was ready to go confront Goliath.

However, David understood that the same mighty God that helped him kill a lion with his bare was able to help him kill Goliath. Despite David’s campaign, Saul still was scared. I am sure when Eliab saw David advancing towards Goliath with a sling and a stone, he was already mourning. They didn’t understand that David’s weapon of warfare were not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

I understand that sometimes our challenges blind our eyes to the might of our God. Whenever we are confronted with a problem, we tend to forget what our God has done in the past and start worrying about whether we would be victorious or not. Sir/ma, listen, the same mighty God that parted the red sea is still the same – He hasn’t changed and He won’t change. Stop worrying about the size of your problem, your God is bigger than any problem.

Anytime you are confronted with a mountain like problem, think back on what He has done in the past, He can still do it again.

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