A giant is a situation in your life that is bigger than you.
It invokes fear.
It just doesn't go away.
We all face them.
It stands between your past and your future.
It makes it appear that God's past promises won't come true.
How did David kill Goliath?
What do you have in your arsenal to kill your giants?
Repetition in the Scripture is a clue to pay close attention too.
Look in the two passages below for the repetition.
Look in the two passages below for the repetition.
1 Samuel 17:26 (NIRV)
26 David spoke to the men standing near him.
He asked them, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine?
Goliath is bringing shame on Israel.
What will be done for the one who removes it?
This Philistine isn’t even circumcised.
He dares the armies of the living God to fight him.
Who does he think he is?”
1 Samuel 17:36 (NIRV)
36 In fact, I’ve killed both a lion and a bear.
I’ll do the same thing to this Philistine.
He isn’t even circumcised.
He has dared the armies of the living God to fight him.
David saw that the giant didn't have a relationship with God because he wasn't circumcised.
He looked past the 9 foot giant and saw that the giant did not know God.
What we are looking for is not what is seen, but what is not seen.
We need to look behind the curtain.
2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIRV)
18 So we don’t spend all our time looking at what we can see.
Instead, we look at what we can’t see.
That’s because what can be seen lasts only a short time.
But what can’t be seen will last forever.
Instead, we look at what we can’t see.
That’s because what can be seen lasts only a short time.
But what can’t be seen will last forever.
You always look at the spiritual first then work your way back.
What was it about circumcism that got David's attention? It was a sign of a covenant or relational bond with God.
It is a mechanism that God uses to funnel His manifestations.
You might be in it, but you must be under it.
It is like an umbrella.
You may have it, but you have to open it and put yourself under it.
You have to be beneath it for it to protect you.
It is like an umbrella.
You may have it, but you have to open it and put yourself under it.
You have to be beneath it for it to protect you.
We must be under divine alignment.
The problem is not power, but an alignment issue.
The problem is not power, but an alignment issue.
David was aligned with the covenant and opened his covering.
It changed his perspective.
David drew from the victories from his past.
He had killed the lion and the bear.
It changed his perspective.
David drew from the victories from his past.
He had killed the lion and the bear.
David went on the offensive and not on the defensive.
For God to move, David had to move.
We must walk by faith not talk by faith.
God wants to see motion.
We move.
God backs us.
For God to move, David had to move.
We must walk by faith not talk by faith.
God wants to see motion.
We move.
God backs us.
The word of God is shared with everybody, but God's special word for you is given to you through the Holy Spirit.
1 Samuel 17:45 (NIRV)
45 David said to Goliath, “You are coming to fight against me with a sword, a spear and a javelin.
But I’m coming against you in the name of the Lord who rules over all. He is the God of the armies of Israel.
He’s the one you have dared to fight against.
Name has to do with identity. David came against the giant in the name of the God of armies.
Tie your need to God's name as revealed in God's word.
We have somebody bigger than the giants that we face.
We have somebody bigger than the giants that we face.
Some Old Testament names of God...
http://storage.cloversites.com/capitalcommunitychurch1/documents/Name%20Of%20God%20-%20Charts.pdf
Notes taken from Tony Evans, Guest Speaker at Gateway Church
http://gatewaypeople.com/ministries/life/events/session/2018/10/06/defeating-the-giants-in-your-life
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