"Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"(1 Samuel 17:26)
Almost everyone knows the biblical story of how little David the shepherd boy defeated the giant and heavily armed Goliath who was a champion warrior. David
accomplishes his famed feat: overcoming the well equipped, well trained, big powerful strong man Goliath,...with a slingshot. This story also shows David responds to
Goliath's challenge with his faith, and didn't wait for God to smite him. He relies on the promises of God and knew Goliath was without God and without hope. Ephesians
2:12 (New Living Translation)
You may be facing a giant in your life today. It may be a giant of sickness or failure, of financial, or marriage problems or some other kind of trouble. But don't let it scare you. You have a secret weapon. A weapon that once turned a shepherd boy into a bear-busting, lion-killing, giant-slaying champion. In David's time if your were a champion as Goliath was, it meant you had won all battles... because you killed the enemy. This young
warrior of faith knew he had a weapon that would overcome ANY giant...God's word and a blood Covenant with Almighty God. Back in David's day, circumcision was a sign
of a Covenant with God. So, when he called Goliath uncircumcised, David was saying: This guy may be a giant; he may be strong; but he has no Covenant with God and
that's why I can kill him.
As we look at this story it's helpful to understand that the Bible is the Old and the New Testament, or the Old and the New Covenant. Like David,
you too, have a Covenant with God, but yours is better. The Covenant David had offered a wealth of blessings to those who kept it, but it also included curses for those
who broke it. Yours doesn't. Yours is a better Covenant that Jesus bought with His own blood. It doesn't depend on your ability. It depends on Him and what He has already
done. He has done it all! All you have to do is believe it and receive it by faith.
In Deuteronomy 28:16-68 there's a list of the curses Jesus has freed you from in the New Covenant. You might even call it a list of the giants Jesus has already slain for
you. It contains every diabolical thing the devil could ever use to destroy you. Read it and rejoice. God has delivered you from those things and your part is, just to believe,
and receive the New Covenant promises by faith! Don't let any giant intimidate you. You have a blood Covenant with Almighty God. There's is no uncircumcised
circumstance
on the
face of
this
earth
that God
has not
promised
you can
have
victory
over.
You have
a
obstacle-overcoming,
miracle-making,
sickness-subduing,
marriage-mending, lack-liberating,
New
Covenant.
Because
of it,
you can
overcome
any
giant.
Stand up
to your
obstacles
and do
something
about
them.
You will
find
that
they
haven't
half the
strength
you
think
they
have. -
Norman
Vincent
Peale
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