You can defeat the giant of your life (Part 4)
Verse of the day: 1 Samuel 17: 25 " So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel "
It is interesting to notice that although David was so eager to kill Goliath in order to take away the reproach from Israel, he was still interested in knowing the reward reserved for those who would kill him. The verse says: "Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? "(1 Sam 17: 26).
The verse of the day (1 Samuel 17: 25) clearly shows us the reward promised by the king for the person who would kill Goliath. The verse says that the king would enrich him with great riches, he would give him his daughter and would give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel. Three opportunities were on the table: a mountain of wealth, marrying the daughter of the king and setting free the house of his father in Israel, which means that not only the one who would kill Goliath would be rich, but all his family would automatically be so by the king. The promise was obviously more than attractive but despite this, no one was able to take advantage of it.
It is therefore important to know that behind every giant demon, there is a multitude of blessings and that we will only have access to them when he will die. Even Jesus talked about it when he spoke of wealth found in the house of a strong man. 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).
Here the strong man is the devil that keeps our blessings and the only way to have them is to bind him and enter his house and spoil his goods which are actually our goods. Binding him is good but I’d rather cut his head as David did. The devil must be beaten and defeated until he moves away from us as it is written in James 4: 7: "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you”
As I often say, most of the Christians are passive but there is one thing you must not ignore: If you do not resist the devil, he will know how to enter in your life and you will be deprived of many blessings that belong to you. Nevertheless, you should consider the fact that it may take time to get there.
In the fifth part, we will discover the secret of the strength of David
Chris Ndikumana
