an interesting quote
At the Encounter God Service tonight, Mike was talking about the life of David and how it relates to running after God and developing a lifestyle of prayer and devotion. He was focusing in on 1 Samuel 17 and the story of David and Goliath. There is much I could say, like... Goliath challenged the people of Israel in essence by saying that he did not fear them... now I have been reading through Dueteronomy and EVERYONE was afraid of Israel because they KNEW that their God was with them... so here it is now in Sauls reign, and the Philistines were no longer afraid of the Israelite people... because Israel was not living in a way where the nations KNEW that their God was with them... in fact when Goliath challenged them, the mighty men of Israel DREW BACK. Interesting.
But that wasn't even the quote I wanted to emphasize. At one point Mike was going through all the people who said David couldn't defeat Goliath. First his brother who called him prideful, then Saul who said he was too small, and finally Goliath who just laughed at him. But here is the quote:
"Everyone called him too young, too small... he wasn't, he was annointed"
I think we are quick to look at people and want credentials and experience and a list of accomplishments. The reality is that NONE of that matters if there is not a depth of relationship and annointing on our lives. David accomplished alot, he was a warrior, a shepherd, a king, a father, and I'm sure many other things, but he is remembered as a "man after God's own heart." David may have been young when he killed Goliath, but he was the only one who had a history with God and a depth of relationship that allowed him to stand up and say "I come at you in the name of the Lord my God" and have it mean something. David killing Goliath wasn't for his fame and glory, it was for God's. He killed Goliath so that the Philistines would KNOW that God was Israel's god, and that there was none like him, and to restore the FEAR of the Lord in the hearts of the surrounding nations.
I am praying that again, in our day, Davids would arise whose hearts are the Lords and will cause many to remember the fear of the Lord. And I believe (for what it's worth) that many of them will be seen young, but they will be annointed.
But that wasn't even the quote I wanted to emphasize. At one point Mike was going through all the people who said David couldn't defeat Goliath. First his brother who called him prideful, then Saul who said he was too small, and finally Goliath who just laughed at him. But here is the quote:
"Everyone called him too young, too small... he wasn't, he was annointed"
I think we are quick to look at people and want credentials and experience and a list of accomplishments. The reality is that NONE of that matters if there is not a depth of relationship and annointing on our lives. David accomplished alot, he was a warrior, a shepherd, a king, a father, and I'm sure many other things, but he is remembered as a "man after God's own heart." David may have been young when he killed Goliath, but he was the only one who had a history with God and a depth of relationship that allowed him to stand up and say "I come at you in the name of the Lord my God" and have it mean something. David killing Goliath wasn't for his fame and glory, it was for God's. He killed Goliath so that the Philistines would KNOW that God was Israel's god, and that there was none like him, and to restore the FEAR of the Lord in the hearts of the surrounding nations.
I am praying that again, in our day, Davids would arise whose hearts are the Lords and will cause many to remember the fear of the Lord. And I believe (for what it's worth) that many of them will be seen young, but they will be annointed.
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