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Professor
Boundswell … 88 years old … the legendary wild game hunter with stories of great
adventures from the early 1900’s was being interviewed. As he recounted the
story of a large African rogue lion he was hired to hunt down … (ROAR!!!!!! – I wet my pants …)
1 Samuel 17
33 And Saul said to David,
“You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are
a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul,
“Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came
and took a lamb out of the flock,
35 I went out after it and
struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose
against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it.
36 “Your servant has killed
both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them,
seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”
37 Moreover David said, “The
LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear,
He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David,
“Go, and the LORD be with you!”
David’s
claim and confidence is simple: The same God who helped me defeat my past
enemies will help me with this one too.
Hebrews 8:8 Jesus Christ is
the same yesterday, today, and forever.
There
is only one thing we can depend on to never change --- The Word of God.
Malachi 3:6 For I am
the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
1. Instead of telling God how big your problems
are … Tell your problems how big your God
is.
a. Physical size is the
smallest big there is.
i. In David’s case: It
wasn’t the size of the man in the fight it was the size of the fight in the
man.
b. Goliath had great
confidence; pride; skill; stature; and support.
c. David had greater
faith!
2. Hold fast your profession of faith, nothing
wavering.
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold
fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is
faithful.
3. Advance and engage your biggest enemy.
a. David ran towards
Goliath …
b. When you knock the
biggest one down the others will all flee.
c. The same God who
helped you before will help you again.
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We
do not wrestle against flesh and blood.
(Ephesians 6:12)
1 Peter 5
8 Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom
he may devour.
9 Resist him, steadfast in
the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood
in the world.
2 Corinthians 4
17 For our light affliction,
which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory,
18 while we do not look at
the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things
which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are
eternal.
Greater
is He who is in you than he who is in the world! (1 John 4:4)
So,
sober up and don’t wet your pants!
