The Sermon Rush the Giants, and Be a Giant Slayer by Brad Price
Nov 20, 2011
Rush the Giants, and Be a Giant Slayer (31:06)
Referenced Scriptures: 1 Samuel 17:40-48; Acts 13:22; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:26
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1 Samuel 17:40-48
40) He took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd‘s bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
41) The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.
42) When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.
43) The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44) The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.
45) Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46) This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
47) and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn‘t save with sword and spear: for the battle is Yahweh‘s, and he will give you into our hand.
48) It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
Acts 13:22
22) When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.‘
1 Samuel 17:36
36) Your servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.
1 Samuel 17:26
26) David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to 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?
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Hi, I will find a Bible if you don't, you can look appear on screen, but it's always good free to check up on me make sure I'm not making this up right, first in chapter seventeen is on going for my Bible should states, giving you the best and you got the worst of family you know you can't tell me it's not a whole world of emotions that you sometimes go through ladies, I'm not so naïve is not something that you don't bear the burden of holiday meals. Please, if I could make this suggestion. Tell your husband is what it is that you expect of them and what it is that you desire to see them, do you expect them to read your mind paying the day. Communication is key gang that all don't expect them to just automatically know what it is you want them, and there is at all when he doesn't do it. I'm not implying anything about that. This is a generalization, a and so Walton will beat up on the Menlo the two men try to belittle the sympathetic try to be a little bit intuitive as to what it is that your darling means from you and how you can help make a holiday in her eyes, success, to not just yours. Okay, so we cover all the bases control downstairs will beat up on them later. Anyhow, we cover everything well enough it( I like this. First, Daniel chapter seventeen. It's a story for most of the Bible and the story I would think just about the whole story of David and Goliath McCain am, I'll pick up zero one. First marketing appear once say this okay for the first forty eight and if it is a very good players over Notre Dame in our think Aeroflot and men will decide I fear all the verses up there, Brian. You have to pick and choose the try to find what's in there, but some of you David's outdoor 's duty to one's job protecting his flock, playing the role of Shepherd and doing it well. His brothers are away at war, the Israelites are more with the Philistines, David Gibson facing food long into his brothers and window story despicable verse forty, then this is after David's done talking to King Saul. David is decided, and remains, afraid a giant. This does not stand to reason and David's eyes one bit. Whatsoever. Okay. And so David. Besides, you can do it. Salt tries to give David 's armor member another man's armor is not benefit you game to play another man's game play the game. God gave you sell verse forty, then into the staff is anxious for himself, licenses, staff from the brook, put them in a shepherd 's bag in a pouch which he had in his sling was in his hand and he drew near to the Philistine civility can begin drawing near to David and the man who bore the shield went in front of him, and when the Philistines looked about insult David. He disdained them for use only. You ruddy and good-looking. So the Philistine said to David, am I a dog that you come to me with sticks in the Philistine cursed David by his God, and the Philistine said to David, come to me and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field on Lake Road kill out of you as a sort of like the preamble I don't what professional wrestling. Okay, that's not my thing but sometimes very low, but it we would call this talking smack. Goliath is putting down David in front of the whole entire army. I'm a make roadkill on you. Verse forty five. This is important. David said the Philistine you come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies take note of that, not army of Israel, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defined this day the Lord will deliver you into my hand and I will strike you and take your head from you this day, I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the year, and while be severe that all year. They know that there is a God in Israel, then all this assembly will know the Lord does not save with sword and spear for the battle is the Lord 's and he will give you in our hands. You know the rest of the story short: remove more verse, verse forty eight cell was when the Philistine arose and came injured here to me. David, that David turned and ran away from July Norway, David hurried quickened his pace and ran for what in our natural eyes would look like certain destruction came so here we don't interfere. The chapter is afraid or David going to give you what's going on. How is this uncircumcised Philistine is is is making a mockery of the army of Israel is making a mockery of our God. Nobody else is talking about God not so not. David's brothers, love your Israelite army. Nobody's talking about God John David, David discusses no one but God when they talk about the giant David talks about God reigns of the subplot appears younger. It's always what's, what's the story of David versus Goliath right, but if you boil it down to be honest with you. I'm not taking credit for this. If you've never read the book cast of characters by Maximo Cato, it is a great book and I drew this out of your account. Once you know that this isn't just innocent in the bread. Not trying to take credit for next locators insight. It's not the idea of David versus Goliath, but it's much deeper than that. It's the idea of God focus versus showing focus okay David sees what other people don't see. And David refuses to see what others do. Okay everybody's eyes except David's fall on this brutal heavy breathing foul mouth hole is about the only word about this guy was what essentially eight feet six inches tall who makes a mockery of God, who makes a mockery of the of the Israelites. She ever feel like some days you spend the ball of your time around hate breathing foul mouth people contain. Remember you're not at war with them will get back to that in a minute okay everything the Goliath says is despising of David in Israel, okay, all the journals all the blogs all the news stories are folk on this thing. Neanderthal, much like today. Look at the news. Everybody's journals. Everybody's blogger buddies news stories. All the conversations. Most of the conversations when people talking about state of the economy, the state of politics in our nation, the state of our government. Okay so far. Everybody knows what Goliath is saying and making fun. They know what Goliaths demands are. They know how big he is, and they know how he constructs a but David looks at it differently. I was majoring in July. Everybody is majoring life by the way, I thought this to be in the apartment. I was, I get distracted sometimes were my mind goes in different directions on tangents. As the youth group will tell you okay I thought it interesting. I wanted to look up. I did a search for strange college majors. I is majoring and Goliath, I thought that was little or so I look at a few things out top always majors. According to viewers. I put them together on here. You can major that some universities in comic book art bakery science. You can take a degree in August. Medic died a couple months ago, whose son to go to degree and golf course management and lives somewhere in Georgia and makes a nice living your dream golf course management thing in your degree and adventure recreation professional nanny astrobiology retail florist three Master ranching, I thought this is interesting. This was somewhere in Indiana you could get a degree in bullying industry management you and you know, the state universities of New York have degrees in Canadian studies. You can major in your neighbors to the north and at Carnegie Mellon. This is the oddest one that I found at Carnegie Mellon because the fact that their founder being injured. Carnegie, who was a Scotsman who had a love for the bagpipes you can major in bagpipes at Carnegie Mellon University. So there you have a underwater basket weaving. Pick your major, K Victor class, but David is not majoring in Goliath. David is not majoring in the economy by problem is some plunder think I read too much watch the news too much. I listen to news talk too much and I major in all the wrong things. Okay, David Majors in God, David sees the giant black David sees God even more so. So what's your problem. This morning my guards all around us right. You know, it's like the old saying with a quarter this quarter is my problem. What's my problem right if God 's all around me. I low in every direction I should. It was she going just fine right. My problem, namely family relationships. With that all the microbes of the okay focus large roads should go to my problems. Also not be very smart of them focusing on quarters, but whatever. My problem is that I'm focusing on whether it's family problems, whether it's career issues name and what what what what prompted people have no addictions, people problems with so many different things, but I summary working part-time. If I hold my problem so close to me right before my eyes. Guess what, I don't see I don't see gone. Okay, all I see is my problem. However what I hold in proper perspective and focus. My problem is a lot smaller than what God is okay. David sees the giant David sees God right person for you. Five. Look at that. David said you come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you and then in the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you had to fight nominee back to them I said earlier about armies is related to the army of Israel into the Army 's now me, I look around on David I see Arnie okay, I don't see armies but not David. David says armies. David is looking on the larger picture. David sees platoons of Angels David sees companies of Saints David sees the weapons of win. David sees the forces of your okay God for Moses, talented and army that was opposing them with nail right. God shook down the walls of Jericho for Joshua God 's third funder up for Samuel David sees the armies of God, and because he does in verse forty eight we pointed out. David ran toward the enemy. David ran toward the Philistine army to face the giant now when you think David's brothers are doing right about now what were talking about family and Thanksgiving and all the issues of interpersonal relationships and getting along functioning families. What do you think the runners are doing right now they are covering their eyes, you know Dave is the youngest you know the offender, like all he's got to get it going to school part. You know, there wouldn't be a funny way, it would be in a way of for you. I would want to see my little brother get slaughtered by some huge giant tank or do you think you are covering their eyes in one of these deals on my goodness, I can't believe you such an idiot. There is at a family event. Kimberly Wimberley to these people. All you thought it don't act like you have okay, it makes all this is watching this and going off. This is another one of my armies getting it cut the pieces. Some kid with a big heart, you know, is Goliath throwing his head back in laughter with a big belly shake what happen at this guy, this young man good-looking kid in the Bible, you know, the ruddy complexion, the dark you know that. That and being going on your day wasn't supposed to be good-looking guy, you know right place. Have Elias size, probably. Do you think alliances, throwing his head back and getting a good belly laugh out of this little kid who's not wearing armor coming out and move as Shield sword javelins, beer, you think maybe throws his head back just enough to expose low, but it was for head under his helmet. The David season target. You know the story. David takes one of the Firestone report out of Brooke sling slang slinging boom through the eyes in the four head wherever it's right there XML not only that David stands over him take his head off with a sword in the words of Max locate OU mice David. David knew how to get ahead of his giant, not my words but my words will I thunder. We did the same thing all is then since we have run toward a challenge that we face people in flash tend to retreat some people dock behind a desk load of work. Some people crawl into a nightclub of distraction. Some people grow into her relationship of forbidden love and for a moment. The day weekend a year people on us. We and whatever things that we do for the sake of escapism. We feel safe. We feel insulated. We feel like were anesthetized if I got that word right, and I'm not a medical person, but then what happens. Work runs out liquor wears off the lover leaves and again we hear Goliaths voice booming loud, making a mockery of us, so we should try different tack. Instead, we should rush the giant with a soul that's been saturated by God John of DeVore this afternoon in my house, Regina, depression, it may take a lifetime depression is not to conquer me okay John, of alcohol, bigotry, child abuse, insecurity, you name it. You're going down. How long has it been since you taken a swing and taken a swing at whatever it is the giant leader facing too long rebels. Rebels to practice as eventually long as you put us variously and take a swing at it, and what there's always room for one more with the bells, we have plenty of extra bells if anybody else wants to join in with the crowd. I'm but David is a great go to model you could say yeah David had lots of character flaws and that's all right. I do, and I'm sure you might have one or two also. Okay David, you go to person acts chapter fourteen verse twenty two spin over to it asked thirteen twenty two business, and one year removed in the raise up for them, David as king to whom also he gave testimony. Instead, I have found David the son of Jesse, you don't raise man after my own heart who will do all my will, you know that nobody else got this moniker to David. Nobody else got this name. Not Abraham, who was willing to lay down his son and sacrifice his son, not Moses who received the law who spent time with us all the trailing end of God 's glory not Joseph Hewitt same here, Paul. Paul was called an apostle right, John. With cold-blooded, but none of these people were called a man after my own heart I'm getting what's got seen. David David fell up as often as he stood up he fell down as if they were drunk and fell down as often as he stood up, drank David stumbled as often as he conquered David stared down Goliath and he ogle Bathsheba and stared what is your railway David defined God markers in the Valley, but then wound up joining them in the wilderness. One day Eagle Scout next day Mafia is certainly not be the pregnant David lean in battle could manage his family a chance raging David weaving David blood thirsty David Aven, Uriah, tried to cover up his affair. Those marked determine when this one for a term blood thirsty man got hungry man eight lives one. Amman after God 's own heart, well play what if God saw him as such, then there's hope for the rest of us to hope for me and for the rest of us were going to paint vision. I recent marital page chair in the corner and we want to beat ourselves up. I can do this. God can do this for me. I'm so bad. There is no grace for me. I'm a screwup. David's life has very little to offer the person who is unstained. Okay, the unstained, saying David doesn't have much for your if you're straight A's all you find the story of David. Very disappointing. I think but you would mean I think we could find very reassuring were on the same roller coaster one moment. For those of you are new videogames were missing most of are you prepared this morning. One moment it's the swan dive like Lara Croft does the next moment. It's a fact. I don't bellyflop my minutes of huge fail, we could like to use the term fail all the time when something goes wrong. Epic fail ready. One moment were never patch saying the next moment were burnt toasts after Libertad failed character Stephanie chopped liver. The other week and it was and is my favorite. She makes, but I'm going to okay at best. David was no better shooting at his best. No one was better than David. But at his bad moments, could any be a much worse than David God loved the heart of a guy who had a checkered part, but you and I need to have David story, there are giants that lurk in our neighborhoods and are making fun of what it is worth doing and where it is foregoing rejection, failure revenge remorse for things that we've done or should have done if I fight card from Friday night at the blue horizon is a boxing analogy I know has a would appreciate it. Maybe, maybe not Joe the decent guy versus the fraternity from animal House. Okay, I got another one. I want this wedding of the hundred ten pounds Suzie the checkout girl is going to go toe to toe with jerks who take and break her heart. I worry dear, dear announcer voice in this corner about tenuous marriage of Jason Patricia was droning done here in the opposing corner of Challenger from the state of confusion record called distrust in the young marriage giants we have to face the Giants. We all have our giants were either being on or were losing to him. Okay, but we are not alone. Focus first focus most on God was my courtroom clerk asked about same size and a first on God most on God put in the problem in perspective, we see the problem is not compared the size of God, holy close focus on it. That's all I see is my orange pic okay, all on scene within the quarterly to my nose ring. When David did focus on God Giants fell the days that didn't the days that David didn't focus David fell here in simple, I hear some of the tribe tries at home and ask a few questions I first single seventeen if you list all the observations that David made concerning Goliath, I found to okay verse thirty six ago to` question going don't ask her. Samuel seventeen first thirty six your servant has killed both lion, bear and this uncircumcised Philistines be like one of them, seeing he is dividing armies of the living God. And I think in verse twenty six, was David spoke to the men who stood by him. The menus of Lansing, what shall be done for the man who killed this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel for know is this uncircumcised Philistines, and he should defy the armies of the living God, deity mask what Goliath 's degree was international in his skill level was it asked how old he was, what job he had in mask for Goliath, tattoo, okay. David didn't ask how much the spear weighed even ask about the size of the density of the shield. Okay, or he also didn't ask about the meaning of the two tribal tattoos with the with the barbed wire around both his guns game run the arm bicep, David and focus on a these things and David is giving a lot of thought to God. Now read those verses again if you look at twenty six and thirty six you see, David focuses the tail end there on the armies of the living God. Verse forty five. The Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. Verse forty six. The Lord will deliver you into my hand. All Europe will no, but there is a God in Israel. Cellular last week when I talked about reach what you practice the practice, which breach. I love talking about here. First, forty seven, the Lord doesn't save with sword and spear for the battle is the Lord and he will give you into our hands. Nine. References in total we see here in chapter seventeen, the David thanks to God, so David's God thoughts outnumber David's goliath thoughts nine two two four times as many little more than four times as many. How does this compare to ours and honest reflection, I fall sickeningly short, you think about God 's grace, four times as much as you think about your guilt and situation is my list of blessings four times longer than my list of complaints by layer, but it is going to Facebook thirty days of blessing fingering the company and it's very positive. That's good. Keep it rolling okay, what is your mental file of hope four times as thick as your mental file of dread or worry. Are we four times as likely to describe God 's strength as we are to describe the demands of our day. I've been to a lot of wine crime lately about what I don't spend enough time talking about strength that comes from God David's army. One thing that I never noticed before about any of this. And again, this is located is in sight, but my own nowhere in David's narrative is there mention of America. I never considered that fought anywhere ever before. There's no Red Sea opening up flaming chariot. There is no dead Lazarus coming to life. No miracles except one David, rough edged walking wonder of God who puts the neon light on this truth. If we focus on our giants we stumble if we focus on God, our giants stumble so this morning lift up your eyes be a giant slayer, the God who made a miracle out of David. Once the make a miracle out of you. So what's your giant this morning and asked to stand up with me as we close this out. What is your giant this morning. I can name a few about you then. Let's start talking about our God, and let's start to preach what we practice that's where the miracles can happen for us friends. That's where the miracles can happen for us but forHi, I will find a Bible if you don't, you can look appear on screen, but it's always good free to check up on me make sure I'm not making this up right, first in chapter seventeen is on going for my Bible should states, giving you the best and you got the worst of family you know you can't tell me it's not a whole world of emotions that you sometimes go through ladies, I'm not so naïve is not something that you don't bear the burden of holiday meals. Please, if I could make this suggestion. Tell your husband is what it is that you expect of them and what it is that you desire to see them, do you expect them to read your mind paying the day. Communication is key gang that all don't expect them to just automatically know what it is you want them, and there is at all when he doesn't do it. I'm not implying anything about that. This is a generalization, a and so Walton will beat up on the Menlo the two men try to belittle the sympathetic try to be a little bit intuitive as to what it is that your darling means from you and how you can help make a holiday in her eyes, success, to not just yours. Okay, so we cover all the bases control downstairs will beat up on them later. Anyhow, we cover everything well enough it( I like this. First, Daniel chapter seventeen. It's a story for most of the Bible and the story I would think just about the whole story of David and Goliath McCain am, I'll pick up zero one. First marketing appear once say this okay for the first forty eight and if it is a very good players over Notre Dame in our think Aeroflot and men will decide I fear all the verses up there, Brian. You have to pick and choose the try to find what's in there, but some of you David's outdoor 's duty to one's job protecting his flock, playing the role of Shepherd and doing it well. His brothers are away at war, the Israelites are more with the Philistines, David Gibson facing food long into his brothers and window story despicable verse forty, then this is after David's done talking to King Saul. David is decided, and remains, afraid a giant. This does not stand to reason and David's eyes one bit. Whatsoever. Okay. And so David. Besides, you can do it. Salt tries to give David 's armor member another man's armor is not benefit you game to play another man's game play the game. God gave you sell verse forty, then into the staff is anxious for himself, licenses, staff from the brook, put them in a shepherd 's bag in a pouch which he had in his sling was in his hand and he drew near to the Philistine civility can begin drawing near to David and the man who bore the shield went in front of him, and when the Philistines looked about insult David. He disdained them for use only. You ruddy and good-looking. So the Philistine said to David, am I a dog that you come to me with sticks in the Philistine cursed David by his God, and the Philistine said to David, come to me and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field on Lake Road kill out of you as a sort of like the preamble I don't what professional wrestling. Okay, that's not my thing but sometimes very low, but it we would call this talking smack. Goliath is putting down David in front of the whole entire army. I'm a make roadkill on you. Verse forty five. This is important. David said the Philistine you come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies take note of that, not army of Israel, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defined this day the Lord will deliver you into my hand and I will strike you and take your head from you this day, I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the year, and while be severe that all year. They know that there is a God in Israel, then all this assembly will know the Lord does not save with sword and spear for the battle is the Lord 's and he will give you in our hands. You know the rest of the story short: remove more verse, verse forty eight cell was when the Philistine arose and came injured here to me. David, that David turned and ran away from July Norway, David hurried quickened his pace and ran for what in our natural eyes would look like certain destruction came so here we don't interfere. The chapter is afraid or David going to give you what's going on. How is this uncircumcised Philistine is is is making a mockery of the army of Israel is making a mockery of our God. Nobody else is talking about God not so not. David's brothers, love your Israelite army. Nobody's talking about God John David, David discusses no one but God when they talk about the giant David talks about God reigns of the subplot appears younger. It's always what's, what's the story of David versus Goliath right, but if you boil it down to be honest with you. I'm not taking credit for this. If you've never read the book cast of characters by Maximo Cato, it is a great book and I drew this out of your account. Once you know that this isn't just innocent in the bread. Not trying to take credit for next locators insight. It's not the idea of David versus Goliath, but it's much deeper than that. It's the idea of God focus versus showing focus okay David sees what other people don't see. And David refuses to see what others do. Okay everybody's eyes except David's fall on this brutal heavy breathing foul mouth hole is about the only word about this guy was what essentially eight feet six inches tall who makes a mockery of God, who makes a mockery of the of the Israelites. She ever feel like some days you spend the ball of your time around hate breathing foul mouth people contain. Remember you're not at war with them will get back to that in a minute okay everything the Goliath says is despising of David in Israel, okay, all the journals all the blogs all the news stories are folk on this thing. Neanderthal, much like today. Look at the news. Everybody's journals. Everybody's blogger buddies news stories. All the conversations. Most of the conversations when people talking about state of the economy, the state of politics in our nation, the state of our government. Okay so far. Everybody knows what Goliath is saying and making fun. They know what Goliaths demands are. They know how big he is, and they know how he constructs a but David looks at it differently. I was majoring in July. Everybody is majoring life by the way, I thought this to be in the apartment. I was, I get distracted sometimes were my mind goes in different directions on tangents. As the youth group will tell you okay I thought it interesting. I wanted to look up. I did a search for strange college majors. I is majoring and Goliath, I thought that was little or so I look at a few things out top always majors. According to viewers. I put them together on here. You can major that some universities in comic book art bakery science. You can take a degree in August. Medic died a couple months ago, whose son to go to degree and golf course management and lives somewhere in Georgia and makes a nice living your dream golf course management thing in your degree and adventure recreation professional nanny astrobiology retail florist three Master ranching, I thought this is interesting. This was somewhere in Indiana you could get a degree in bullying industry management you and you know, the state universities of New York have degrees in Canadian studies. You can major in your neighbors to the north and at Carnegie Mellon. This is the oddest one that I found at Carnegie Mellon because the fact that their founder being injured. Carnegie, who was a Scotsman who had a love for the bagpipes you can major in bagpipes at Carnegie Mellon University. So there you have a underwater basket weaving. Pick your major, K Victor class, but David is not majoring in Goliath. David is not majoring in the economy by problem is some plunder think I read too much watch the news too much. I listen to news talk too much and I major in all the wrong things. Okay, David Majors in God, David sees the giant black David sees God even more so. So what's your problem. This morning my guards all around us right. You know, it's like the old saying with a quarter this quarter is my problem. What's my problem right if God 's all around me. I low in every direction I should. It was she going just fine right. My problem, namely family relationships. With that all the microbes of the okay focus large roads should go to my problems. Also not be very smart of them focusing on quarters, but whatever. My problem is that I'm focusing on whether it's family problems, whether it's career issues name and what what what what prompted people have no addictions, people problems with so many different things, but I summary working part-time. If I hold my problem so close to me right before my eyes. Guess what, I don't see I don't see gone. Okay, all I see is my problem. However what I hold in proper perspective and focus. My problem is a lot smaller than what God is okay. David sees the giant David sees God right person for you. Five. Look at that. David said you come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you and then in the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you had to fight nominee back to them I said earlier about armies is related to the army of Israel into the Army 's now me, I look around on David I see Arnie okay, I don't see armies but not David. David says armies. David is looking on the larger picture. David sees platoons of Angels David sees companies of Saints David sees the weapons of win. David sees the forces of your okay God for Moses, talented and army that was opposing them with nail right. God shook down the walls of Jericho for Joshua God 's third funder up for Samuel David sees the armies of God, and because he does in verse forty eight we pointed out. David ran toward the enemy. David ran toward the Philistine army to face the giant now when you think David's brothers are doing right about now what were talking about family and Thanksgiving and all the issues of interpersonal relationships and getting along functioning families. What do you think the runners are doing right now they are covering their eyes, you know Dave is the youngest you know the offender, like all he's got to get it going to school part. You know, there wouldn't be a funny way, it would be in a way of for you. I would want to see my little brother get slaughtered by some huge giant tank or do you think you are covering their eyes in one of these deals on my goodness, I can't believe you such an idiot. There is at a family event. Kimberly Wimberley to these people. All you thought it don't act like you have okay, it makes all this is watching this and going off. This is another one of my armies getting it cut the pieces. Some kid with a big heart, you know, is Goliath throwing his head back in laughter with a big belly shake what happen at this guy, this young man good-looking kid in the Bible, you know, the ruddy complexion, the dark you know that. That and being going on your day wasn't supposed to be good-looking guy, you know right place. Have Elias size, probably. Do you think alliances, throwing his head back and getting a good belly laugh out of this little kid who's not wearing armor coming out and move as Shield sword javelins, beer, you think maybe throws his head back just enough to expose low, but it was for head under his helmet. The David season target. You know the story. David takes one of the Firestone report out of Brooke sling slang slinging boom through the eyes in the four head wherever it's right there XML not only that David stands over him take his head off with a sword in the words of Max locate OU mice David. David knew how to get ahead of his giant, not my words but my words will I thunder. We did the same thing all is then since we have run toward a challenge that we face people in flash tend to retreat some people dock behind a desk load of work. Some people crawl into a nightclub of distraction. Some people grow into her relationship of forbidden love and for a moment. The day weekend a year people on us. We and whatever things that we do for the sake of escapism. We feel safe. We feel insulated. We feel like were anesthetized if I got that word right, and I'm not a medical person, but then what happens. Work runs out liquor wears off the lover leaves and again we hear Goliaths voice booming loud, making a mockery of us, so we should try different tack. Instead, we should rush the giant with a soul that's been saturated by God John of DeVore this afternoon in my house, Regina, depression, it may take a lifetime depression is not to conquer me okay John, of alcohol, bigotry, child abuse, insecurity, you name it. You're going down. How long has it been since you taken a swing and taken a swing at whatever it is the giant leader facing too long rebels. Rebels to practice as eventually long as you put us variously and take a swing at it, and what there's always room for one more with the bells, we have plenty of extra bells if anybody else wants to join in with the crowd. I'm but David is a great go to model you could say yeah David had lots of character flaws and that's all right. I do, and I'm sure you might have one or two also. Okay David, you go to person acts chapter fourteen verse twenty two spin over to it asked thirteen twenty two business, and one year removed in the raise up for them, David as king to whom also he gave testimony. Instead, I have found David the son of Jesse, you don't raise man after my own heart who will do all my will, you know that nobody else got this moniker to David. Nobody else got this name. Not Abraham, who was willing to lay down his son and sacrifice his son, not Moses who received the law who spent time with us all the trailing end of God 's glory not Joseph Hewitt same here, Paul. Paul was called an apostle right, John. With cold-blooded, but none of these people were called a man after my own heart I'm getting what's got seen. David David fell up as often as he stood up he fell down as if they were drunk and fell down as often as he stood up, drank David stumbled as often as he conquered David stared down Goliath and he ogle Bathsheba and stared what is your railway David defined God markers in the Valley, but then wound up joining them in the wilderness. One day Eagle Scout next day Mafia is certainly not be the pregnant David lean in battle could manage his family a chance raging David weaving David blood thirsty David Aven, Uriah, tried to cover up his affair. Those marked determine when this one for a term blood thirsty man got hungry man eight lives one. Amman after God 's own heart, well play what if God saw him as such, then there's hope for the rest of us to hope for me and for the rest of us were going to paint vision. I recent marital page chair in the corner and we want to beat ourselves up. I can do this. God can do this for me. I'm so bad. There is no grace for me. I'm a screwup. David's life has very little to offer the person who is unstained. Okay, the unstained, saying David doesn't have much for your if you're straight A's all you find the story of David. Very disappointing. I think but you would mean I think we could find very reassuring were on the same roller coaster one moment. For those of you are new videogames were missing most of are you prepared this morning. One moment it's the swan dive like Lara Croft does the next moment. It's a fact. I don't bellyflop my minutes of huge fail, we could like to use the term fail all the time when something goes wrong. Epic fail ready. One moment were never patch saying the next moment were burnt toasts after Libertad failed character Stephanie chopped liver. The other week and it was and is my favorite. She makes, but I'm going to okay at best. David was no better shooting at his best. No one was better than David. But at his bad moments, could any be a much worse than David God loved the heart of a guy who had a checkered part, but you and I need to have David story, there are giants that lurk in our neighborhoods and are making fun of what it is worth doing and where it is foregoing rejection, failure revenge remorse for things that we've done or should have done if I fight card from Friday night at the blue horizon is a boxing analogy I know has a would appreciate it. Maybe, maybe not Joe the decent guy versus the fraternity from animal House. Okay, I got another one. I want this wedding of the hundred ten pounds Suzie the checkout girl is going to go toe to toe with jerks who take and break her heart. I worry dear, dear announcer voice in this corner about tenuous marriage of Jason Patricia was droning done here in the opposing corner of Challenger from the state of confusion record called distrust in the young marriage giants we have to face the Giants. We all have our giants were either being on or were losing to him. Okay, but we are not alone. Focus first focus most on God was my courtroom clerk asked about same size and a first on God most on God put in the problem in perspective, we see the problem is not compared the size of God, holy close focus on it. That's all I see is my orange pic okay, all on scene within the quarterly to my nose ring. When David did focus on God Giants fell the days that didn't the days that David didn't focus David fell here in simple, I hear some of the tribe tries at home and ask a few questions I first single seventeen if you list all the observations that David made concerning Goliath, I found to okay verse thirty six ago to` question going don't ask her. Samuel seventeen first thirty six your servant has killed both lion, bear and this uncircumcised Philistines be like one of them, seeing he is dividing armies of the living God. And I think in verse twenty six, was David spoke to the men who stood by him. The menus of Lansing, what shall be done for the man who killed this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel for know is this uncircumcised Philistines, and he should defy the armies of the living God, deity mask what Goliath 's degree was international in his skill level was it asked how old he was, what job he had in mask for Goliath, tattoo, okay. David didn't ask how much the spear weighed even ask about the size of the density of the shield. Okay, or he also didn't ask about the meaning of the two tribal tattoos with the with the barbed wire around both his guns game run the arm bicep, David and focus on a these things and David is giving a lot of thought to God. Now read those verses again if you look at twenty six and thirty six you see, David focuses the tail end there on the armies of the living God. Verse forty five. The Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. Verse forty six. The Lord will deliver you into my hand. All Europe will no, but there is a God in Israel. Cellular last week when I talked about reach what you practice the practice, which breach. I love talking about here. First, forty seven, the Lord doesn't save with sword and spear for the battle is the Lord and he will give you into our hands. Nine. References in total we see here in chapter seventeen, the David thanks to God, so David's God thoughts outnumber David's goliath thoughts nine two two four times as many little more than four times as many. How does this compare to ours and honest reflection, I fall sickeningly short, you think about God 's grace, four times as much as you think about your guilt and situation is my list of blessings four times longer than my list of complaints by layer, but it is going to Facebook thirty days of blessing fingering the company and it's very positive. That's good. Keep it rolling okay, what is your mental file of hope four times as thick as your mental file of dread or worry. Are we four times as likely to describe God 's strength as we are to describe the demands of our day. I've been to a lot of wine crime lately about what I don't spend enough time talking about strength that comes from God David's army. One thing that I never noticed before about any of this. And again, this is located is in sight, but my own nowhere in David's narrative is there mention of America. I never considered that fought anywhere ever before. There's no Red Sea opening up flaming chariot. There is no dead Lazarus coming to life. No miracles except one David, rough edged walking wonder of God who puts the neon light on this truth. If we focus on our giants we stumble if we focus on God, our giants stumble so this morning lift up your eyes be a giant slayer, the God who made a miracle out of David. Once the make a miracle out of you. So what's your giant this morning and asked to stand up with me as we close this out. What is your giant this morning. I can name a few about you then. Let's start talking about our God, and let's start to preach what we practice that's where the miracles can happen for us friends. That's where the miracles can happen for us but for