TALK BACK TO YOUR GIANT

WEDNESDAY JULY 22

“I come against you in the name of the Lord.” 1Sa17:45 NIV

Goliath towered over David. But David looked at Goliath through the eyes of his omnipotent God who sits high, looks low, and conquers all. “You come against me with sword and spear...but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” Intimidation is one of Satan’s favorite weapons. He will get you to think yourself into a state of fearfulness. One day, cartoon character Charlie Brown was having lunch at school when he confided to his friend Linus that he didn’t feel good enough to approach a certain young lady: “I can’t talk to that little red-haired girl because she’s something and I’m nothing. If I were something and she were nothing, I could talk to her, or if she were something and I were something, then I could talk to her. Or if she were nothing and I were nothing, then I also could talk to her. But she’s something and I’m nothing so I can’t talk to her.” Linus responded: “For a nothing, Charlie Brown, you’re really something!” Charlie Brown had allowed the redhead’s beauty to intimidate him and force him to the sidelines. As His redeemed child, God thinks you’re really something. David said, “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy” (Ps107:2 NKJV). And because David’s words lined up with God’s Word and His plan, Goliath was stopped. So whatever “giant” you’re facing today, stand up to him and announce, “You are coming down in the name of the Lord!”