Mighty Men Triumph Over Giants

Mighty Men

Triumph Over Giants

David triumphed over Goliath the Giant and inspired

400 men living in a cave to do the same

Jesus triumph over death and left an empty tomb

the last enemy to inspire us to follow him to victory

 “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and

 through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 2 Corinthians 2:14

Don’t dwell in the cave… Don’t dwell in the tomb

Have confidence in Christ to lead you to triumphal victory

over the giants in your life

For “ALL THE PROMISES ARE YES AND AMEN”

Load up that slingshot

The giant is too big to miss

Triumph Over Giants

Giants…

There are lots of stories and studies about giants

which I have not found too profitable to study.

But giants were a problem for God’s people.

When Moses was taking the children of God to

the Promise Land, spies were sent out to investigate.

Twelve men went into the land and when they returned

they gave a report that everything in the land was giant.

Giant clusters of grapes and giant people.

Although Joshua and Caleb were confident

they could take the land God was giving them,

the other ten men spread fear in the people.

They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it.

All the people we saw there are of great size.

We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim).

We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them." 

Numbers 13:32-33 NIV

So Israel spent 40 years in the wilderness

instead of the land of promise for fear of giants.

At the time of David, giants were still in the land

and the Israelites were still afraid of them.

The faith and confidence David had

in God’s ability changed everything.

 Why was David to be admired for his courage

when he was running for his life from Saul.

When he was distressed, had no money

and disconnected while living in a cave.

400 men with the same problems came to him.

Why?  I think it was the story of his faith to kill a giant.

David became their leader and we

read that his Mighty Men killed giants.

Giants that were keeping the people

of God from their possessions.

I have a hard time believing in Sasquatch.

But I do believe we have giants

keeping us from the promises of God.

Those giants keep us in distress, poor and disconnected.

Far from the abundant life God promises us.

We need to be careful that we do not read

the scriptures to make us feel good where we are.

  

The scriptures were given to inspire.

Inspire us to be more than conquerors.

Romans 8:31-39

“If God is for us, who can be against us?”

…”in all these things we are more than

conquerors through him who loved us.”

Philippians 4:13

“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”

When you feel like the whole world is coming against you…

“IT IS”… That is a big GIANT but….

1 John 5:4-5

“everyone born of God overcomes the world.

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

5 Who is it that overcomes the world?

Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.”

Look at the promises to the overcomer.

Revelation 2:7

To him who overcomes,

I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,

which is in the paradise of God.

Revelation 2:11

He who overcomes will not be

hurt at all by the second death.

Revelation 2:17

 To him who overcomes,

I will give some of the hidden manna.

I will also give him a white stone

with a new name written on it,

known only to him who receives it.

Revelation 2:26

To him who overcomes and does my will to the end,

I will give authority over the nations—

Revelation 3:5-6

He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white.

 I will never blot out his name from the book of life,

but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.

Revelation 3:12-13

Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God.

Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.

Revelation 21:7-8

He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

David Triumphed over Goliath the Giant and inspired 400 men to do the same

Jesus triumph over death the last enemy to inspire you to follow him to victory

2 Corinthians 2:14

“But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.

Don’t dwell in the cave.

Don’t dwell in the tomb.

Have confidence in Christ to lead you to triumphal

victory over the giants in your life.

For “ALL THE PROMISES ARE YES AND AMEN”

Load up that slingshot.

The giant is too big to miss.

Scripture Reading

2 Samuel 21:15-22

15 Once again there was a battle between the Philistines and Israel. David went down with his men to fight against the Philistines, and he became exhausted. 16 And Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels and who was armed with a new [sword], said he would kill David. 17 But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, "Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel will not be extinguished."

18 In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.

19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver's rod.

20 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot — twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. 21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David's brother, killed him.

22 These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

1 Chronicles 20:4-8

4 In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.

5 In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver's rod.

6 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot — twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. 7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.

8 These were descendants of Rapha in Gath,

and they fell at the hands of David and his men.