Day2
Week29
1Samuel 17
“And Israel and the Philistines ordered themselves in battle lines, army against army. David left his things with the keeper of the equipment, and he ran to the battle line. And he went and greeted his brothers. As he was speaking with them, the champion, Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was going up from the battle line of the Philistines. And he spoke these same words and David heard them. When all Israel’s fighting men saw the man, they fled from him, and were very afraid. The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel, and it will be that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house exempt from taxes in Israel.” David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, “What will be done for the man that kills this Philistine and takes away this reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?” And the people answered him in the same way, saying, “So will it be done to the man who kills him.””
1 Samuel 17:21-27 MEV
Cross references
Joshua 15:16;
Deuteronomy 5:26;
1Samuel 11:2
Faith Comes By Hearing
The entire Israelite army was mesmerized by what they saw.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing, by the Word of God. What are you listening to?
They were focused on the scary looking giant.
David listened to the ridiculing words that he heard the giant speak against His God.
What is your giant saying to you today?
If what you are hearing isn’t glorifying God, then, like David it should cause you to want to take action against the lies.
“How dare you talk about my God like that!” Or “Who are you, you uncircumcised lying spirit, to defy God’s children?!”
He also focused on the reward that was available for anyone who was willing to fight and win.
Are you looking at a giant situation?
An impossible circumstance?
Seeing is going to cause you to have faith in the giant. (Fear is faith in the problem)
Listen to the promises in God’s Word and allow your faith to be built up.
Focus on the reward of peace that comes from trusting in your big God and believe His promise to never leave you or forsake you.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing; by the Word of God.
Action Step
Are you like David today or Israel?
Ask God to help you tune in to hear His voice, the voice of truth and focus on the reward that He has prepared for them who love Him.
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