I Come to you in the Name of the Lord
Then
David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, with a spear,
and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
"This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike
you… (NKJ)
Everyone
loves the story of David and Goliath. Good
verses evil. The underdog and the
champion pitted together. A duel to
the death – fighting against all odds. A
young, seemingly naïve boy, with peaches and cream complexion, face to face
with the battle hardened monster. What
drama – or so it would seem.
In
the eyes of the spiritually blind this was a most frightening moment in history.
With one skirmish of two men the losing nation would become a slave of
the victor. Certainly, all of the men of Israel were frozen in their fear
to fight Goliath. No one would dare
go against him. There was too much
at stake. They were no match to the
giant.
There
was one in the company of the blinded that had godly 20/20 vision.
His name was David. He alone
was cured of sin sick eyes and could see the way God wants us all to see.
As I Samuel 16:7 says, “…the Lord see not as man sees, for man looks
on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
David’s heart was right before God.
Goliath’s was in defiance of the Maker.
No man can defy God and live.
The
young man who could see as God sees, didn’t measure the man by his size.
Size is only relative – a perspective or point of view.
He wasn’t going to fight a Giant, only deliver a message to someone
rather miniscule, in comparison to God, who had determined to take on Goliath
Himself. The men of Israel saw Goliath and feared.
David saw God and said, “Let’s
go get him.”
One
stone in Goliath’s glass forehead and the over hyped media event was finished.
The outcome was never in doubt. In
this corner, the Mighty Goliath – all 9-10 feet of him – the six fingered
wonder. In the other corner God who
fills all in all. David pulled the
sling, but God flicked the rock.
How
are you seeing things? Have you
learned the see life the way God sees it? How
big is your biggest problem in comparison to the Almighty who has said He loves
you? Maybe today is a good day to
ask God to let you see the heart of the matter.
Now trust Him.