When I was a little boy I was a scrawny little kid (well, you probably saw the picture I posted by now). So I was always worried about the bullies at school. I can remember walking way out of the way sometimes when I knew a bully was waiting for me in a certain location when I was trying to get home. It seems like they would always know just where to stand to make sure they caught me before I got home. Well I did everything I could to avoid running into them because I was afraid of what they would do to me. I walked 3 blocks out of the way sometimes, spent my lunch hour inside, waited until I got home to use the bathroom sometimes, and even spent extra time talking to a teacher if I knew they were in the hallway waiting for me. I never wanted to come out and confront them so I avoided it at all costs! I mean they were giants to me. What was I going to do against a giant? It was a battle I KNEW I would lose!
But what I didn't know is that the answer to ending the bullying wasn't avoiding them, but standing up against them. When we are faced with giants in our lives we can stand up to them and defeat them everytime when we have Jesus in our lives! We just have to understand that the battle is not ours to fight. The bible says, "For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” (Deut 20:4 NIV).
God promises us in His word that we will have the victory. "The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.'” (Psalms 110:1 NLT) When you have God in our lives, we are overcomers. 1 John 5:4-5 (AMP) says, "For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]?".
So when you're facing a giant (your next mortgage payment, a recent layoff, sickness or disease, a death of a loved one, a divorce or end of a relationship, a big test, you fill in the giant in your life...) speak to it in the same confidence as David had when he clearly announced on the battlefield in front of everyone that He would slay Goliath ON THAT DAY! David knew who his God was and he knew he couldn't continue to allow this giant to invade their lives and talk about their God even though he was only a shepard boy (1 Samuel 17). The word of God says in Mark 11:24-25, " “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them."
Speak boldly against the giants that try to come up against you and you will see the salvation of the Lord! You will defeat EVERY giant that comes your way when you allow God to fight the battle and you will be victorious EVERY time, not because I said so, but because God said so in His Word!
God bless you!
Robert T Sells
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About the author: Robert T. Sells (aka The Anointed Poet) is the Co-founder, with his wife Marlas, of Words of Inspiration Ministries in Merrillville, Indiana. He is known for his gift of prose and has been spreading the message of the Gospel through poetry and song around the country. Sells is also the author of several books in the Words of Inspiration poetry series and a Christian spoken word CD. For more information about his ministry or to purchase products and/or services, visit his website at http://www.robertsellsonline.com/.
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