CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGER
1 Sam 17:45 – “The David said to the Philistine, 'You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of host, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defiled.”
The time has come for us as Christians to realize that we ought to confront whatever challenge that exalts itself against us. Beloveth, are you having a Philistine standing against you? Could it be weakness, ill-health, disappointment, delay, financial challenges or whatever? Is it hereditary and no one in the family has been able to overcome it, but simply prefer to endure it just as the Israelites did and were demoralized? (1 Sam 17:8-10)
Your victory is now if only you can rise up! Do not let the symptom(s) of the situation scare you as it did to Elijah and as a result, the challenger out-lived him (1 Kg 19:2-4). All you need to do is to go ahead to challenge the challenger (Lk 14:1,27; 2 Kg 9:30-33), holding firmly your staff (salvation); the five stones (ceaseless prayers); and the sling (the word of God), with these weapons you are well able to overcome.
David did a very important thing that we must emulate: He identified the weapons of the challenger (sword, spear & javelin), and realized the enemy was just the carrier/controller of his weapons. David, as the Bible says:”…But I come to you in …”, entered into his own weapons, that is, hiding himself by releasing himself for his weapons to use him. What weapons? The name of the LORD against the enemy's sword; God Himself against the spear; and the judgment of God against the javelin (1 Sam 17:1; 1 Cor 3:17) – what a great match! What can you imagine the battle will be like? You already know the result and the Lord expects us to go and do likewise (Lk 10:37).
Bimbola Olutade
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