Bible Matters 248: Your Giant

In your life, there is a giant or giants that are keeping you from getting victory in your life and preventing a relationship with Jesus Christ. God has directed your life so far and provided blessing after blessing and yet you fail to use the power of God for victory over your fleshly idol. That one earthly element is bigger than life itself. This giant is keeping you from the promised land, promised by God.

Nothing is bigger than life itself in the Old Testament than the account of Goliath and his power over Israel. The men of Israel were petrified of Goliath. They were sore afraid. When you go to fight your giant, man will give you armor and weapons that are bigger than needed. David did not need heavy armor or a heavy sword. Use proven tools that can be easily handled. Accept and use the power of God through God’s Word in your life.

1 Samuel 17:23-26,37-42,45-46,49-50 – And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.  And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.  And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?  David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.  And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.  And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.  And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.  And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.  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.  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.  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.  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.

David prevailed over Goliath with a single stone. When using the power of God in your life, you will prevail over your giant. Moses was a faithful servant in the bible. God directed Moses and the Israel slaves out of Egypt, through the wilderness and parted the Red Sea where God killed the Egyptian army. God fed the Israels. God gave them light by night and smoke by day to lead the Israels through the wilderness. God gave Moses the ten commandments on the top of Mt. Sinai.

Moses sent one member from each of the twelve tribes of Israel to go into the promised land of Canaan and check it out. There were giants there. Upon returning to Moses, ten of the spies convinced Moses that they could never conquer the giants. Caleb and Joshua had great faith in God and said let’s go. We can take’em. It didn’t happen. Moses and the ten spies never made it to the promised land. God took care of the two spies, Caleb and Joshua, that believed on God.

Numbers 13:1-2,25,28,30,32-33 – And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

Numbers 26:64-65 – But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 32:12 – Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

Make sure you do as God directed. God directed Moses to speak unto the rock to give forth water for the children of Israel to drink. Instead, Moses smote the rock twice with his rod. Moses did not due as directed by God. As such, the promise land was a giant Moses could no longer have.

Numbers 20:5-9,11-12 KJV – And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.  And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.  And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.  And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

When you do as directed by God, he will reward thee openly. God wants you to come to him.

Hebrews 11:6 – But without faith it is impossible to please him : for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

You no longer walk in darkness. No longer following the traditions of man to get victory with God in your life. God will deliver you out of temptation. You recognize that God is light and you will no longer live in sin and darkness.

1 John 1:5-10 KJV – This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

2 Peter 2:9 – The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

You must decide today to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior. Today, decide that you want to be a Caleb. You’ve seen the promise land. God will deliver, if you put your trust in him. No longer a sinner abiding in darkness. Be of great faith in Jesus Christ. With the power of God, you can conquer great giants and serve the Lord. Giants and sinners of the flesh scare you no more.

2 Peter 3:17-18 – Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

To God be the Glory in all you do, Amen