MY GOD AGAINST THEIR gods
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 hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is 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 Lord's, and he will give all of you into our hands." 1 Sam 17:45-47NIV
(Read 1 Samuel 17).
It does not matter who you are or where you live, every one of us has our own giant. We just must defeat this giant or we will be stuck in a place like King Saul and the rest of the armies of Israel. Another vital point is the way we see our enemy; whether they are spiritual, physical or circumstantial. It is important that we know our enemy and that is what we do when we study deliverance and spiritual warfare.
In this matter David was wrong in his assessment of Goliath; Goliath did not come against David or the armies of Israel relying on his spear, javelin or even his track record as a fighting champion. We have scripture to prove that.
Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David. He looked David over and saw that he was only a boy, ruddy and handsome, and he despised him. He said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 1 Sam 17:41-43NIV
Take note of how the narrator presented the same battle implements that King Saul had warned David about. Also take note that even after Goliath had taken a careful but military assessment of his opponent, he saw that David was a harmless young man with no sophisticated weapon; now also take note that he still cursed David in the name of his god.
This was not an ordinary word but the same kind of curse that Balak had invited Balaam to place on the Israelites in order to weaken them.
So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time, sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor, near the River, in his native land. Balak said: "A people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me. Now come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the country. For I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed." Num 22:4-6NIV
Those curse words were invoked to draw down the forces of nature to rise up against his enemy and weaken the enemy and then make his defeat easy. But who is the enemy in this case? A small boy with a stick and sling and just five pieces of stones. He despised him but still invoked the spiritual weapons of curses against him. What an irony?
For Goliath, the battle was more of spiritual than physical. Goliath was not relying on the things King Saul and the rest of Israel feared. It is even safe to say that the fear the people of Israel experienced was demonic. They were under a demonic spell of fear and the bible said that for forty days they could do nothing but run from their enemy. Having being conquered by that spirit of fear, they joined their voices to magnify the power of their enemy. They kept repeating and magnifying it among themselves; just like they did to David, they would paralyze anyone who came to the camp who could have helped them. Yes, they will tell the person about the problem and still tell the new comer that it was a helpless situation. They would attack one another the way David’s brothers attacked him but no one dared to face the enemy.
It is unfortunate but this is the way some church members relate in their neighborhood; they are too scared to face the satanic powers in their territory but engage in persistent infighting. That is the way some families coexist; they are not ready to deal with their enemies from outside but they focus on fighting among themselves. Even if they dared to talk about their common enemies, they magnify them; they talk of the great powers of witches and wizards; they talk of how one powerful native doctor strikes his enemies with madness; they talk about the devil and his servants in a magnifying way. They keep viewing God with the lens of their enemy. It is not that their enemy is too strong but it has to do with the way they view him.
Who is the Holy Spirit talking to here?
Who is that servant of God who has yielded his voice as a loudspeaker for the devil?
Who is that child of God who has become the propaganda channel of the devil?
Now, you have talked about the satan and his power so much that you no longer remember the power of your God.
Now, you have spoken so much evil about the Body of Christ that everyone around you have accepted your definition and now no one is moving forward in the power of the Holy Spirit.
The environment around you has become so charged with the negative current coming from your confession that no one remembers to put their trust in God.
I am sorry to say it but you may be under the influence of the demons projected into your space to render you impotent.
That inability to pray maybe demonic.
That depression and hopelessness could be demonic.
Now, say with me, “I command every satanic atmosphere over my life to scatter in Jesus’ name!”.
Shout, “the blood of Jesus Christ!” 7x before you proceed with reading this meditation.
Why could David move beyond the atmosphere of fear and defeat that he met in the camp?
Look at our main text again.
1. David knew that he belonged to a greater and stronger God
2. David knew that he was not fighting his own battle but God’s battle
3. David was not looking for a personal glory but the glory of his God
4. David was not relying on his power but he relied on God’s power to fight God’s battle
5. David knew that the God who did it yesterday is going to do it even now
6. David openly declared to the enemy that his size was different from the size of his God
7. David viewed the enemy through the lens of his God, hence the enemy looked smaller than others saw him
8. David ran to the battle line to give his God the opportunity to prove Himself
9. David’s confession was in line with his actions and his battle strategy.
10. David understood that it was God that was under a test, not David. His God could not have failed him because he never fails.
Beloved child of God, read this short prayer to yourself and personalize it.
I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. Eph 1:18-19NIV
It is true that there are just a few days to go in this year but a miracle could still come your way.
Remain under the anointing in Jesus’ name.
Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com
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