You can defeat the giant of your life (Part 11)
Verse of the day: 1 Samuel 17: 53 " Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents"
As I often say, many Christians are very passive and content with crumbs instead of bread. One of the devil’s terms given by Jesus is “the thief” because he said: "The thief comes only to steal ..." (John 10: 10). He steals all that God has prepared for us even before we were born. Since the fall of Adam, the devil took advantage in stealing his inheritance until today. He robs us on all levels: spiritual, physical and financial.
It is time to wake up and start claiming our inheritance in Christ. If a multimillionaire bequeaths his fortune to his son, the son could remain poor all his life if he ignores his inheritance. From the moment he learns that he is the heir and he discovers the documents certifying the right of his inheritance, then he can claim his fortune. On the other hand, he will never get his money if he keeps the documents at home.
Misery is not in God's plan. That is why we should claim our inheritance every day. There are a lot of things that we do not get, not because it is not the will of God, but because we do not ask. That is why James wrote: “you do not have, because you do not ask” (James 4: 2).
The verse of the day (1 Sam 17: 53) shows the reaction of the Israelites after the death of Goliath. While the Philistines had fled after the death of Goliath, the Israelites pursued and plunder their property to take them home. In this same teaching, we have already spoken of the condition set by Jesus to plunder the house of a giant. He said: "Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house"(Matt 12: 29).
I do not know if you noticed that it took a few minutes for David to kill Goliath? The conclusion is that Goliath was not the real problem for David because a real problem cannot be solved in minutes. David had already been anointed to succeed Saul as the king of Israel and in the same book, the Bible shows us how Saul fought David for years and wanted to physically eliminate him. This leads us to understand that the giant problems before us are not our real problems but we must be prepared to deal with the consequences of the presence of the giant.
We will end this teaching in the twelfth part
Chris Ndikumana
