Ever wonder why two people can hear the same thing and yet
have very different responses? For one, what is said makes him afraid and discouraged.
For the other, his heart is so filled with faith that he dares to come against
the devil and what he is doing.
In the Valley of Elah, Goliath the Philistine giant taunted
the armies of Israel for 40 days. When David came on the scene, he heard the
same mockings of Goliath that the rest of the Israelites heard. But somehow,
those same words which caused fear in the soldiers angered David. What did
David know or see that the others failed to see?
David knew that he had a covenant with God. Now, King Saul
and all the soldiers with him that day also had the same covenant with God, but
only David believed the covenant. And he acted on his belief. So God caused his
giant to come tumbling down.
If David had such a great victory even though he was under
the old covenant, how much more you and I who are under the new covenant!
Today, God is asking, “Where are my Davids who will believe the new covenant?”
What is the new covenant? It is the covenant of grace. And
grace means unmerited, undeserved, unearned favour. God wants us to know that
He has cut this covenant with us through Christ our representative. And
according to the covenant, we have His undeserved favour. We are blessed
because Jesus took our beating. Because of what Jesus has done on the cross, we
have victory over every giant.
Isn’t that good news? Today, God wants you to stand before
your “giant” and declare that in spite of what you are going through, in spite
of what is happening, you believe that God is for you because of what Jesus has
done for you. And then, before your very eyes, you will see the giants of
accusation, intimidation, condemnation, disease and debt fall flat before
you! (Article & Picture; courtesy of Joseph Prince Ministries used
with kind permission).
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