Not By Might, Not By Power
While reading the prophet Samuel's account of David and Goliath (1 Samuel Chapter 17), I was drawn into the dramatic portrayal of young man facing a giant on a battlefield positioned on land belonging to Judah - I don't even have time to dive into the significance of this except to say, "Praise God in the midst of your battles!"
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It in an account that pulls me in each time I read it. There is so much drama and conflict.; it is a reality show playing out in the pages of the Bible. There is conflict between the nation of Israel and the Philistine nation, and drama brewing between David and his older brothers.
David comes on the scene bold and fearless amidst a whole nation of people who are paralyzed with fear. The text reveals to us that the giant Goliath teased and tormented the army of Israel with his threats both day and night for forty days straight (verse 16). The Israelite army had taken up residence in the fear that Goliath's words produced. But David, a young man sent to the battlefield by his father to bring supplies to his three oldest brothers, was only a visitor to the chaotic scene. He had a fresh perspective and a fresh anointing that allowed him to see an invisible force that can only be seen with eyes of faith.
When David arrives to the battleground, he hears the same threats that everyone else hears, but he responds which such faith that it gets the attention of Israel's king, Saul. Sidebar, our faith response to the giants in our lives should be such that it gets the King's attention. We can read this passage of scripture and be deceived into thinking that David is some fictional superhero akin to Superman; however, David is as human as you and I, yet he does possess a special power - the Anointing.
Let me explain. In chapter 16 of the book of First Samuel, the prophet is sent to anoint David as the next king of Israel after Saul was dethroned by God for being disobedient. Samuel takes a horn of oil and pours it over David's head as a symbol that he has been anointed by God as king (verse 13). After David's anointing, the Spirit of God departs from king Saul.
If you are not jumping, shouting and praising God yet then you have missed it. If you have the Spirit of God dwelling on the inside of you by virtue of your confession, belief and baptism in Jesus the Christ, then you have been anointed by God with his superpower (the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit). The anointing gave David supernatural vision and strength. He saw armies (plural) of the Lord's angels on the battlefield (verses 26 and 36); and he slang the stone with such strength that it sunk into the giant's forehead (verse 49). David did not slay his giant in his own strength and neither will you. ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ saith the Lord of hosts (Zechariah 4:6).
.
It in an account that pulls me in each time I read it. There is so much drama and conflict.; it is a reality show playing out in the pages of the Bible. There is conflict between the nation of Israel and the Philistine nation, and drama brewing between David and his older brothers.
David comes on the scene bold and fearless amidst a whole nation of people who are paralyzed with fear. The text reveals to us that the giant Goliath teased and tormented the army of Israel with his threats both day and night for forty days straight (verse 16). The Israelite army had taken up residence in the fear that Goliath's words produced. But David, a young man sent to the battlefield by his father to bring supplies to his three oldest brothers, was only a visitor to the chaotic scene. He had a fresh perspective and a fresh anointing that allowed him to see an invisible force that can only be seen with eyes of faith.
When David arrives to the battleground, he hears the same threats that everyone else hears, but he responds which such faith that it gets the attention of Israel's king, Saul. Sidebar, our faith response to the giants in our lives should be such that it gets the King's attention. We can read this passage of scripture and be deceived into thinking that David is some fictional superhero akin to Superman; however, David is as human as you and I, yet he does possess a special power - the Anointing.
Let me explain. In chapter 16 of the book of First Samuel, the prophet is sent to anoint David as the next king of Israel after Saul was dethroned by God for being disobedient. Samuel takes a horn of oil and pours it over David's head as a symbol that he has been anointed by God as king (verse 13). After David's anointing, the Spirit of God departs from king Saul.
If you are not jumping, shouting and praising God yet then you have missed it. If you have the Spirit of God dwelling on the inside of you by virtue of your confession, belief and baptism in Jesus the Christ, then you have been anointed by God with his superpower (the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit). The anointing gave David supernatural vision and strength. He saw armies (plural) of the Lord's angels on the battlefield (verses 26 and 36); and he slang the stone with such strength that it sunk into the giant's forehead (verse 49). David did not slay his giant in his own strength and neither will you. ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ saith the Lord of hosts (Zechariah 4:6).
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