Who could have stopped Biblical Terror?

 

An Emoji Devotional for Fri March 24 2023

Topic: Who could have stopped Biblical Terror?

Highlights: 

The Philistines had a strong, brave soldier. His name was Goliath and he came from a town called Gath. He was nearly three metres tall! He wore a helmet and armour that were made of bronze. The armour for his body weighed about 57 kilograms. He had pieces of bronze to protect his legs. He had a bronze sword that he tied on his back. He also carried a heavy spear. It was as thick as a tree. The iron point on the spear weighed about seven kilograms. A man who carried Goliath's shield walked in front of him.

1 Samuel 17:4‭-‬7 EASY

https://bible.com/bible/2079/1sa.17.4-7.EASY

Goliath of Gath was the best of the mighty men in Philistine, his spear alone was as thick as a tree and even its metal tip weighed 15 pounds alone. His terrifying look alone kept the Israelites mute for forty days and forty night. The game plan was unique for the Philistines at that time, to enslave the Israelites if no one could challenge Goliath the big terror. The lesson learned is that, no matter how terrifying the challenge is, those who lean on God for support shall not surrender to threats to become slave under terror. 

"But people who wait for the Lord to help them will receive new strength. They will rise up high, as if they have the wings of eagles. They will run and they will not become tired. They will walk and they will not become weak."

Isaiah 40:31 EASY

David was a kind of joke to everyone in the battlefield but God had decided to use him to surmount the unimaginable terror. This shows that with God there is no indomitable challenge that God cannot put down no matter how terrifying it is, it may only take the waiting time on God to justify the truth. The truth is; God cannot be defeated if we hang in there to wait on him for answers to our demand. The truth also shows that David's approach of fighting does not require an armor or a huge sword to fight with the big terror. All David chose was his skills in using a sling and five pieces of stones. This could be like an impossible insult to that terror you have to deal with but who cares? What matters is the Victory from God and in the end we should shout Hallelujah as our God has won the battle. So shall your enemies be defeated in Jesus name. 

There is an extraordinary God in Israel – one who doesn’t need a sword or a spear to defeat his enemies no matter how furious they were. Our God will give us victory”.

David trusted in God to use the little things do defeat enemies with superior power. He ended us using the enemy's sword to hack off his selfsame head.

As individual Christians too, we all face “giants” in our lives – difficulties, troubles, temptations, trials. Like David we must trust in God, rather than in our own human strength, to overcome these difficulties.

Prayer:

Lord please save me now, Lord please help me to do well. Please give me new strength. help me to rise up high, as if I have the wings of eagles. When I run, May I not become tired. Then when I walk may I not become weak in Jesus name. Amen

Some of this was collaboratively culled from sermon of Rev DHJ The downfall of Go... https://revdhj.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-downfall-of-goliath/