Reading: I Samuel 16 - 17
My Verse: "And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD's, and He will give you into our hands" (17:47).
How I love the story of David. I was just speaking to my husband, as we get ready to visit our son at his school, about how wonderful it will be to see him. There is such a freshness about youth. Yes, they struggle, they fall flat, but they are so quick to bounce back and forge on ahead. It is so uplifting and quite wonderful!
And so David here exemplifies that youthful courage; that full and complete belief in His LORD. He charges forth to do battle in what seems utter foolishness to those watching. But David knows that he cannot win the battle alone, and he doesn't even plan to.
He tells the giant. "This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will smite you and cut off your head. And I will give the corpses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel" (17:46). Yes, David goes into battle against Goliath with the full knowledge that his LORD God is right there with him and will carry him through. He has experience in this very thing - facing seemingly insurmountable odds. When watching over his family's sheep, David faced down and killed both a lion and a bear. So, David knows exactly what he is doing here in standing up to the giant, Goliath! And as he knew so confidently would happen, he does indeed slay the giant, Goliath in front of the full army of both the Philistines and the Israelites!
Many would think he was simply brash and luck played a part in this. But it was not luck. As David prefaced this confrontation with the statement above, the battle was Yours, LORD God.
How we need this story to bolster our sagging faith. How we need to be reminded, LORD God, that, yes, "the battle is the LORD's!" You are in all things.
"Oh the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the LORD, or who has been his counselor? ... For from him and through him and to him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen" (Romans 11:33-36).
"God works all things according to the counsel of His will" (Ephesians 1:11).
"So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy"(Romans (9:16).
Thank You, LORD God for the freshness & courage of youth. How we need that!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD's, and He will give you into our hands" (17:47).
How I love the story of David. I was just speaking to my husband, as we get ready to visit our son at his school, about how wonderful it will be to see him. There is such a freshness about youth. Yes, they struggle, they fall flat, but they are so quick to bounce back and forge on ahead. It is so uplifting and quite wonderful!
And so David here exemplifies that youthful courage; that full and complete belief in His LORD. He charges forth to do battle in what seems utter foolishness to those watching. But David knows that he cannot win the battle alone, and he doesn't even plan to.
He tells the giant. "This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will smite you and cut off your head. And I will give the corpses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel" (17:46). Yes, David goes into battle against Goliath with the full knowledge that his LORD God is right there with him and will carry him through. He has experience in this very thing - facing seemingly insurmountable odds. When watching over his family's sheep, David faced down and killed both a lion and a bear. So, David knows exactly what he is doing here in standing up to the giant, Goliath! And as he knew so confidently would happen, he does indeed slay the giant, Goliath in front of the full army of both the Philistines and the Israelites!
Many would think he was simply brash and luck played a part in this. But it was not luck. As David prefaced this confrontation with the statement above, the battle was Yours, LORD God.
How we need this story to bolster our sagging faith. How we need to be reminded, LORD God, that, yes, "the battle is the LORD's!" You are in all things.
"Oh the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the LORD, or who has been his counselor? ... For from him and through him and to him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen" (Romans 11:33-36).
"God works all things according to the counsel of His will" (Ephesians 1:11).
"So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy"(Romans (9:16).
Thank You, LORD God for the freshness & courage of youth. How we need that!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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