OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SATURDAY-02/07/2016-SUBDUING THE THREATENING GIANT-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
SUBDUING THE THREATENING GIANT
Memorise
The
Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength
of my life; of whom shall I be afraid. Psalms 27:1
Read
1st Samuel 17:45-50,
45 Then
said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear,
and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46 This
day will the Lord deliver thee
into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I
will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls
of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know
that there is a God in Israel.
47 And
all this assembly shall know that the Lord
saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our
hands.
48 And
it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet
David that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 And
David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote
the Philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he
fell upon his face to the earth.
50 So
David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote
the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
KJV
MESSAGE
There is a threatening giant mightier than
Goliath that we must overcome if our lives will be meaningful and highly
fulfilling. This giant is no other one than the devil. As a matter of fact,
Goliath in our Bible reading for today was just an apprentice in the school of
Satan. The Bible says that the devil is a roaring lion walking about, seeking
whom he may devour (1st Peter 5:8). This was exactly what
Goliath did, he roared at the children of Israel and they trembled before him.
“And he stood and
cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, why are ye come out to set
your battle in array? Am not I a Philistine, and ye servants of Saul? Choose
you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be 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.”
1st Samuel
17:8-9
How did the children of Israel overcome the
threatening giant of their lives? They overcame him through their
representative, the young David, who knew the God that he served. The giant came,
cursing David by the name of his gods and David returned the curses by giving a
deadly prophecy against the uncircumcised Philistine in the name of his own
God:
“This day will the
Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head
from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day
unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the
earth may know that there is a God in Israel.”
1st Samuel
17:46
One lesson we learn from this story is that
battles of life are beyond the physical. Even the giant did not rely on his
strength alone; hence the reason he cursed David by his gods! David was up to
the task, so he replied, not in the same way but in a greater dimension by
condemning the host of the Philistine carcases to the beasts, not only the
Champion’s. This is why the Bible says.
“For we wrestle not
against the flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness
in high places.”
Ephesians 6:12
This is equally why we must put on the whole
armour of God to be able to withstand the giants of our life, particularly in
our Christian lives. Another lesson is that, since our weapons are not carnal,
we must not attempt to fight against the giant with our senses or physical
weapons. When King Saul gave physical weapons to David, he rejected them
because he knew they would fail. He confidently challenged Goliath with his
God. I encourage you to take hold of the Name of the Lord in your battle
against the giants in your life and you will subdue them all. However, you must
have a cordial relationship with the bearer of the Name through holiness and
perfect obedience to His Word.
Prayer Point
Father, I come against all
the giants of life threatening my destiny and I destroy them completely today
in Jesus’ mighty name.
Bible in one year
Acts 18:18-20:16, Song of
Solomon 5:2-9
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