He stood on a hill with a rock and called out a man 3 times his size and slaughtered him in front of two armies.

 

And this man he killed was probably not as formidable as the lions and bears he faced as a shepherd.

 

What does this guy have to worry about?  He is a man’s man and ready to take on the world….

 

And yet—he had the same fears as all of us.

 

You see….if you don’t have a Test…you won’t get a Testimony.

Without a chasm of Doubt…you won’t get to show Great Faith.

Without crippling defeat…there is not an idea of what Victory truly is.

 

And until you are surrounded and defeated…..you do not understand what it is to be Delivered.

 

David knew what it was like to face a giant…….and he had to constantly battle for his very life.

 

Psalm 3  1 O LORD , how many are my foes!  How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me,

“God will not deliver him.”

3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD ;

you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.

4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill.

5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

6 I will not fear the tens of thousands

drawn up against me on every side.

7 Arise, O LORD!  Deliver me, O my God!

 

David understood what Jesus preached….Thy Kingdom Come.  They Will Be Done.  On Earth As It Is In Heaven.

 

Such a powerful request…..and the only request we can truly make that will bring a difference.

 

You see the world has so many things to offer:

  • A drink
  • A yoga pose
  • A pill
  • A therapist

 

But what we really need is a Savior.  What we really need is what David cried out for in Psalm 3.  You see, he didn’t just write that in his time of need……he wrote it for you to cry out this very day in 2017.

 

Thy Kingdom Come.  They Will Be Done.  On Earth As It Is In Heaven.

 

Never forget the promise of Romans 8:  For we know in ALL things God works for the good of those who love Him…who have been called according to His purpose…..

 

If it isn’t good….He’s not done yet…..

 

So wait.

Pray.

Persevere.

 

Even do what David did:  lie down and sleep “because the Lord sustains” you.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J