David said to Saul, let no one lose heart on account of the Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.
1 Samuel 17:32
Confidence in the call comes from faith in the right place.
“Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of the Philistine.” Saul to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”
1 Samuel 17:36-37
Even though David was just a shepherd boy, he had already seen God work in his life. He had put his trust in God before he fulfilled any task. David met a lion and a bear in an open field, and he knew he was able to kill them because God was with him. He didn’t shrink away because they were ferocious animals able to take him down with one flick of the paw, David didn’t just try to hide his sheep so they didn’t get harmed; no, David, had faith that God had enabled him to take those animals down. So, David went after them and killed them so they would never bother his sheep again.
As David walks up to the battle and hears Goliath taunting the army of God’s people, David knew Goliath wasn’t just saying the people weren’t able, but that God wasn’t able.
David said to the Philistine, “you come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there’s a God in Israel. All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lords, and he will give all of you into our hands.
1 Samuel 17:45-47
This young shepherd boy was able because he knew his God was able.
It wasn’t by David’s might, the armies strength, the weapons they had or the keen military sense that they would win the battle. David and Israel would win this battle by the Lord alone and all the world would know.
Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he’s slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.
1 Samuel 17:49
With a small stone and a BIG God, the battle was WON.
Honestly, that’s how it always goes in the battle, and God doesn’t even need the stone or the shepherd boy. You are able because God is able.
The battle you are in, or the battle that you are walking into, can be won. You are not too small, too young, too big, too old, too uneducated, too late, or too weak, you are just right if you trust in a God who is always ABLE.
Head into the battle like David. David only utilized the gifts he’s been given. He didn’t add anything to it and he didn’t take anything away. He brought his faith as his strength and he let Goliath know.
Here’s an easy way to approach every battle with an ABLE spirit:
- A – Address the Giant. Let whatever giant is in front of you know what you know about God.
- B – Believe in Jesus Christ as your LORD and Savior. Faith as small as a mustard seed can move any mountain, even if it takes time.
- L – Leave the extras Behind. Only use the gifts God’s given specifically to you. You don’t need anything else for the battle.
- E – Engage the Giant. Take your faith in God and your stone and go at the battle head first.
David was ABLE because God is ABLE, and because God is ABLE, so are YOU!
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