What if David had been too scared to fight. REPOST
1 Samuel 17:48-50
When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
I'm sure all of you have heard the story in the verses above. David was merely a child and went and battled a physical giant. He never let fear control any of his actions. It says David ran quickly toward the battle line, which tells me he was ready to roll. I'm sure half of the people didn't expect David to even go to the battle, and the other half thought he would die for sure. Can you imagine what they thought when David ran to the fight and systematically pulled out a stone and flung it at the head of the philistine, laying him out.
I want to talk about these verses today, because I think christians today have become scared to fight for God. When we here that our local school is going to start teaching on alternative lifestyles that are contrary to what the word of God says, we try and pretend that it's not happening. We don't want to get involved because we would hate for everyone to think we were a radical. Isn't it ashame that we live in a day and age where just doing the right thing, or just standing for what is right is considered radical. What does it say about our culture when good and right are radical. I'll tell you what it says, it says that Satan is in control of this country.
But guess what, we know how this story ends. We know that Satan will lose. Knowing that, why don't we stand up for what's right? Not only should we as christians start voicing our opinions more , but we should do it with the zeal that David did when running to fight the Philistine. If you are a saved by the blood of Jesus christian, perk up, speak up, run to the fights! I personally believe we will be raptured soon, but if we are not then we have to fight for our kids future. The point to all of this is, God never said for us to be push overs. He did tell us to turn the other cheek, if we were hit, but not when it comes to telling others about what he did on the cross. Let them persecute us, but don't let them force us into silence. I personally believe that there are more conservative God fearing people out there than we know of, but we (they) don't speak up.
Challenge: During the upcoming Presidential Election, I challenge you to run to the polls and vote as if you were David running to fight the Philistine. God never wants us to give up, we have no reason to. Picture this, we are in the 4th quarter and are getting beat by Satan and his team by 50 points. They are taunting you, saying you stink, spitting on you and your family. Meanwhile you are smiling at them and they can't figure out why. It makes them very angry then nervous. Why are we smiling? Because we just heard from our head coach (God) that our star QB (Jesus) has just entered the game unexpectedly. The cheers are so loud that you can't hear Satan and his team taunting anymore. We score TD after TD, and as the buzzer sounds Satan and his team are defeated for good.
You see, no matter how you say it, it gives you chills. We, as christians are on the winning team. Our war has already been won,we are just waiting on the buzzer. Praise the Lord!
I felt the need to write this tonight, so I did. I've learned to do what God leads me to. If there is anyone reading this who is really confused about getting saved, please just pray and ask God to convict you of your sins. Read the ten commandments. Understand that by God's law, if you broke any of them, you will have to be judged by God and will go to hell! But in order for that not to happen, Jesus came and physically took your punishment from God so you wouldn't have to spend an eternity in hell. Ask God to forgive you of your sinful life, then leave it behind. Turn from it (Repent). Read your bible and pray that God will reveal His will to you for your life.
When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
I'm sure all of you have heard the story in the verses above. David was merely a child and went and battled a physical giant. He never let fear control any of his actions. It says David ran quickly toward the battle line, which tells me he was ready to roll. I'm sure half of the people didn't expect David to even go to the battle, and the other half thought he would die for sure. Can you imagine what they thought when David ran to the fight and systematically pulled out a stone and flung it at the head of the philistine, laying him out.
I want to talk about these verses today, because I think christians today have become scared to fight for God. When we here that our local school is going to start teaching on alternative lifestyles that are contrary to what the word of God says, we try and pretend that it's not happening. We don't want to get involved because we would hate for everyone to think we were a radical. Isn't it ashame that we live in a day and age where just doing the right thing, or just standing for what is right is considered radical. What does it say about our culture when good and right are radical. I'll tell you what it says, it says that Satan is in control of this country.
But guess what, we know how this story ends. We know that Satan will lose. Knowing that, why don't we stand up for what's right? Not only should we as christians start voicing our opinions more , but we should do it with the zeal that David did when running to fight the Philistine. If you are a saved by the blood of Jesus christian, perk up, speak up, run to the fights! I personally believe we will be raptured soon, but if we are not then we have to fight for our kids future. The point to all of this is, God never said for us to be push overs. He did tell us to turn the other cheek, if we were hit, but not when it comes to telling others about what he did on the cross. Let them persecute us, but don't let them force us into silence. I personally believe that there are more conservative God fearing people out there than we know of, but we (they) don't speak up.
Challenge: During the upcoming Presidential Election, I challenge you to run to the polls and vote as if you were David running to fight the Philistine. God never wants us to give up, we have no reason to. Picture this, we are in the 4th quarter and are getting beat by Satan and his team by 50 points. They are taunting you, saying you stink, spitting on you and your family. Meanwhile you are smiling at them and they can't figure out why. It makes them very angry then nervous. Why are we smiling? Because we just heard from our head coach (God) that our star QB (Jesus) has just entered the game unexpectedly. The cheers are so loud that you can't hear Satan and his team taunting anymore. We score TD after TD, and as the buzzer sounds Satan and his team are defeated for good.
You see, no matter how you say it, it gives you chills. We, as christians are on the winning team. Our war has already been won,we are just waiting on the buzzer. Praise the Lord!
I felt the need to write this tonight, so I did. I've learned to do what God leads me to. If there is anyone reading this who is really confused about getting saved, please just pray and ask God to convict you of your sins. Read the ten commandments. Understand that by God's law, if you broke any of them, you will have to be judged by God and will go to hell! But in order for that not to happen, Jesus came and physically took your punishment from God so you wouldn't have to spend an eternity in hell. Ask God to forgive you of your sinful life, then leave it behind. Turn from it (Repent). Read your bible and pray that God will reveal His will to you for your life.
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