Who are you listening to?
1 Samuel 17:17-18
17 One day Jesse said to David, “Take this basket of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and carry them quickly to your brothers.
18 And give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are getting along and bring back a report on how they are doing.”
Sometimes the simplest thing is the Biggest setup for your biggest breakthrough
Matthew 6:21
21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.”
Are you a situational Christian or an obedient Christian?
1 Samuel 17:26-29
26 David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”
27 And these men gave David the same reply. They said, “Yes, that is the reward for killing him.”
28 But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. “What are you doing around here anyway?” he demanded. “What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!
29 What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking a question!”
1 Samuel 17:30
30 “He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.”
Ephesians 6:12
12 “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.”
We have to know our enemy - He’s a thief, liar, accuser - So we can fight the real Enemy!
1 Samuel 17:32-37
32 Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!” “
33 Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”
34 But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,
35 I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
37 The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!”
Do you have a Vision of victory for your life?