Goliath comes out every day for 40 days and declares ,"Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me...this day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other." Each time the Israelites saw the man, they ran in great fear.
When David appeared on the battlefield to visit his brothers, he saw the situation with eyes that came from a heart that was in touch with God. The Psalms declare his heart: The Lord is my shepherd; I trust in You; O my Strength, I praise you; My soul finds rest in God alone and so on. His immediate question is "Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
Do I see the daily "attacks" in my life as just person against person or do I see it through spiritual eyes and in reality it is the evil one defying the living God in my life?
I must recognize the latter. Then I will respond as David did, "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...All those gathered will know that it is not by sword and spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's and He will give all of you into our hands."
Oh, Lord, the victory is mine when the battle is Yours.
"With God we will gain the victory, and He will trample down our enemies." Psalm 60:12
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