What are we doing ?

“Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine”

I Samuel 17: 32 (New King James Version)


Heard a wonderful sermon this morning by God’s grace and would like to share a little from that. We read in I Samuel 16 of how David was anointed king. Samuel went up to Jesse and as he saw each of Jesse’s son the Lord clearly told Samuel that none of the sons who passed before him was His chosen. And then David was called for and we read that the Lord said “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!”. And we read in I Samuel 16 : 13 “Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah”

Now lets turn our Bibles back to today’s verse. I’m sure most of us are familiar with the story of David and Goliath. Here is the crux of today’s message. When we are anointed of the Lord it is to say ‘I will go and fight’ when a Goliath comes ahead. It is to kill the lion and the bear that will harm the sheep of your heavenly Father’s flock. That’s why we are chosen of the Lord . That’s why God has anointed us.

It is not to take a back seat when Goliath comes.. No No no ! Its so that we will rise up and go in His name and defeat Goliath . It is so that we will say just as David did in I Samuel 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 hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. Whom you have defied”

What are we doing ? Are we rising up ? Or have we taken a back seat ?

God Bless