Brown's Daily Word 7/28/09

Good morning,
Praise the Lord for this new day. It is going one of the ten best days of July. It is going to be very warm and wonderful. Praise the Lord for the way He performs
miracles on earth even today. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. In February of 1980 we were living in Gibson, Pennsylvania. A group of 12 American amateur hockey players took the ice to face the toughest and best hockey team in the world, Russia’s national team. This game was during the Olympic Games and two weeks prior to this game, the young American team was beaten by the mighty Russians 12-2 in Madison Square Garden. But we all know what happened that night. The USA defeated the Russia’s 4-2 in one of the most stunning upsets in all of sports history. Most of us have seen the clip of the end of the game when as the clock winds down, the USA players began their on-ice celebration, and Al Michaels, the announcer who called the game for ABC yelled- “Do you believe in miracles?” The Bible gives an account of 2 opponents that faced off in 2 Samuel 17. There were giants in the land… These were not simply large people, BUT RATHER – I’m talking about HUGE ones. In some ways they were not unlike problems, issues, hang-ups, hurts, habits and obstacles that stand in the valley and taunt us, intimidate us, and frighten us. A giant is something that stands in your way, it’s something that keeps you from living the life that God has called you to live. A GIANT is something that keeps you from living a life that is abundant and full, radical and satisfying. GIANTS paralyze us and they keep us from living and running free. THEY keep us from experiencing the mighty hand of God moving in our lives.
3,000 years ago a young man by the name of David stepped into the valley and, in one incredible moment, took out the giant in his life. His story is recorded in 1 Samuel chapter 17. David was facing someone a lot bigger and a lot stronger than himself. AND as he kept going (further & further down into the valley) Goliath seemed to get bigger and bigger. David confronted the giant and shouted , "You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD Almighty -- the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today the LORD will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel! And everyone will know that the LORD does not need weapons to rescue his people. It is his battle, not ours. The LORD will give you to us!" As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him. David’s faith was in God; it wasn’t in the armor, it wasn’t in the army, and it wasn’t in his own ability. As David headed down the hillside, he had confidence that God was going with him. To David what really mattered was not the size of his giant but the size of his God. SO OFTEN when we face our own giants, we forget what we ought to remember and we remember what we ought to forget. We remember our defeats and we forget our victories. Most of us can recite the failures of our lives in vivid detail, but we are hard-pressed to name the victories that God has pulled off in our past. David, however, remembered how the Lord had given him victory over a lion and a bear and claimed victory over Goliath, too. Though King Solomon thought David was helpless in the fight and that Goliath would kill him, David's confidence was where it belonged - in the Lord. David fought the fight and won. Then David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent. What do you keep choose to remember when you are facing your own giant? Do your thoughts rush past your victories and forget them? God doesn’t want you to waste HIS victories. WHEN he pulls off something that only He can do, He says to us, “Now don’t you forget that.” WHEN - David stepped into the valley… God moved in a supernatural way in his life
The giant fell Nations trembled.

His Name is glorious.
In Him,
Brown
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