1 00:00:36,019 --> 00:00:36,555 Well, good evening. 2 00:00:36,587 --> 00:00:37,771 Thank you all for being here tonight. 3 00:00:37,835 --> 00:00:41,051 I know the Lord has a special blessing on you for being here tonight, 4 00:00:41,195 --> 00:00:42,027 as you can see. 5 00:00:42,083 --> 00:00:47,083 Yeah, we do have the B, C, D, Z team here tonight, I guess you 6 00:00:47,091 --> 00:00:47,931 could say. 7 00:00:48,115 --> 00:00:51,755 But no, I am always thankful for the opportunity to preach, especially 8 00:00:51,827 --> 00:00:53,163 in front of my home church. 9 00:00:53,211 --> 00:00:56,719 And I'm very thankful for people. 10 00:00:56,749 --> 00:01:00,699 Pastor allowed me to preach in his pulpit and I think I'm just very 11 00:01:00,739 --> 00:01:05,371 grateful for just the opportunities he gives me and just 12 00:01:05,395 --> 00:01:08,203 knowing that Pastor trusts me in his pulpit and it's very encouraging 13 00:01:08,251 --> 00:01:08,971 to me. 14 00:01:09,155 --> 00:01:12,839 And my prayer is that the Lord can use me through it. 15 00:01:13,379 --> 00:01:17,371 But if you have your Bibles tonight, take your Bibles to First 16 00:01:17,475 --> 00:01:19,799 Samuel, chapter 17. 17 00:01:20,659 --> 00:01:22,999 First Samuel, chapter 17. 18 00:01:23,819 --> 00:01:27,439 And our text tonight will begin in verse 23. 19 00:01:28,139 --> 00:01:33,027 If you know this passage, I'm sure many of you do, it is probably 20 00:01:33,123 --> 00:01:39,331 viewed as probably the top three top five stories in the Bible. 21 00:01:39,395 --> 00:01:43,923 I guess you could say, obviously it is the story of David 22 00:01:43,971 --> 00:01:44,643 and Goliath. 23 00:01:44,691 --> 00:01:48,803 And there, if you go to the Internet, if you go to our sermon 24 00:01:48,851 --> 00:01:52,619 archive, you could probably find hundreds, if not thousands of 25 00:01:52,659 --> 00:01:54,299 sermons on this passage. 26 00:01:54,379 --> 00:01:55,083 So I didn't. 27 00:01:55,131 --> 00:01:57,611 I would like you not to turn tune me off tonight, I guess you 28 00:01:57,635 --> 00:02:03,691 could say I have entitled this message tonight, Facing the Giants. 29 00:02:03,835 --> 00:02:06,555 I know that's the name of a movie, so hope I don't get copyrighted 30 00:02:06,587 --> 00:02:07,515 or anything like that. 31 00:02:07,587 --> 00:02:08,203 So. 32 00:02:08,371 --> 00:02:11,499 But I just thought that was the most appropriate title for this 33 00:02:11,539 --> 00:02:13,707 message is Facing the Giants. 34 00:02:13,803 --> 00:02:17,979 And let's just go ahead and begin reading in verse number 23 35 00:02:18,019 --> 00:02:19,319 of chapter 17. 36 00:02:20,379 --> 00:02:26,259 And it says here, and as he talked with them, behold, there came 37 00:02:26,299 --> 00:02:31,091 up a champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of 38 00:02:31,115 --> 00:02:36,035 the armies of the Philistines and spake according to the same words. 39 00:02:36,227 --> 00:02:38,083 And David heard them. 40 00:02:38,251 --> 00:02:41,971 So to kind of give you a little bit of a context here, David, 41 00:02:42,035 --> 00:02:45,639 of course is a shepherd and he's the youngest of all of his brethren. 42 00:02:46,029 --> 00:02:51,269 His brothers right now are at this battle, right, against the Philistines. 43 00:02:51,429 --> 00:02:57,141 His dad sends David to bring some food to his brothers and just 44 00:02:57,165 --> 00:02:59,445 kind of check up on his brothers, see how things are going, 45 00:02:59,517 --> 00:03:00,037 right? 46 00:03:00,173 --> 00:03:04,357 And as David comes, of course, we all know Goliath has been coming 47 00:03:04,413 --> 00:03:05,477 out every single day. 48 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:09,541 He's been taunting the Israelites and he's been asking, 49 00:03:09,605 --> 00:03:12,565 you know, send somebody to come fight me. 50 00:03:12,717 --> 00:03:15,173 I mean, he's probably getting bored at this point, right? 51 00:03:15,341 --> 00:03:19,349 But Goliath is there just demanding someone to come and fight 52 00:03:19,389 --> 00:03:19,541 him. 53 00:03:19,565 --> 00:03:23,285 He's taunting Israelites and He's cursing God's name. 54 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:26,021 And David finally hears this. 55 00:03:26,205 --> 00:03:30,309 And it says here in verse number 24, as it says, and all the 56 00:03:30,349 --> 00:03:36,021 men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were sore 57 00:03:36,085 --> 00:03:36,809 afraid. 58 00:03:37,629 --> 00:03:43,159 And the men of Israel said, have ye seen this man that is come 59 00:03:43,199 --> 00:03:43,779 up? 60 00:03:44,079 --> 00:03:46,679 Surely, Genevieve, Israel is he come up. 61 00:03:46,719 --> 00:03:51,463 And it shall be that the man who killeth him, the king, will enrich 62 00:03:51,591 --> 00:03:55,127 with the great riches and will give him his daughter and make his 63 00:03:55,183 --> 00:03:57,367 father's house free in Israel. 64 00:03:57,543 --> 00:04:02,007 And David spake to the men that stood with him, saying, what 65 00:04:02,063 --> 00:04:05,015 shall be done to the man that killeth the Philistine and taketh 66 00:04:05,047 --> 00:04:07,399 away the reproach from Israel? 67 00:04:07,559 --> 00:04:10,943 For who is this uncircumcised Philistine? 68 00:04:11,111 --> 00:04:15,199 For he should defy the armies of the living God. 69 00:04:15,359 --> 00:04:18,815 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, so shall 70 00:04:18,847 --> 00:04:21,295 it be done to the man that killeth him. 71 00:04:21,447 --> 00:04:26,219 And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the men. 72 00:04:26,679 --> 00:04:30,063 And Eliab's anger was kindled against David. 73 00:04:30,191 --> 00:04:33,151 And he said, why camest thou down hither? 74 00:04:33,295 --> 00:04:37,119 And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? 75 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:41,247 I know thy pride and thy naughtiness of thine heart, for thou 76 00:04:41,263 --> 00:04:45,299 art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 77 00:04:45,879 --> 00:04:49,259 And David said, what have I now done? 78 00:04:49,719 --> 00:04:51,459 Is there not a cause? 79 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:57,039 And he turned from him toward another and spake after the same 80 00:04:57,079 --> 00:04:57,663 manner. 81 00:04:57,791 --> 00:05:01,779 And the people answered him again after the former manner. 82 00:05:02,359 --> 00:05:04,739 Let's pause right there for a moment. 83 00:05:06,849 --> 00:05:11,369 I have entitled this message, and I've already said, facing the 84 00:05:11,409 --> 00:05:16,709 giants tonight, there may be a giant in your life. 85 00:05:17,569 --> 00:05:24,329 And I want us to see the three keys to facing the giants in your 86 00:05:24,369 --> 00:05:24,953 life. 87 00:05:25,121 --> 00:05:26,121 Let's pray. 88 00:05:26,265 --> 00:05:29,065 Lord, I want to thank you again for this evening, Lord. 89 00:05:29,097 --> 00:05:31,945 Thank you for the many men and women who are here tonight, Lord. 90 00:05:31,977 --> 00:05:34,905 I pray you give them a special blessing for being here tonight, 91 00:05:34,937 --> 00:05:35,493 Lord. 92 00:05:35,641 --> 00:05:38,381 Lord, I pray you'd speak through me that I wouldn't speak 93 00:05:38,525 --> 00:05:39,613 Noah Day's message. 94 00:05:39,661 --> 00:05:40,733 I would speak your message. 95 00:05:40,781 --> 00:05:43,645 God, allow me to be your mouthpiece. 96 00:05:43,757 --> 00:05:45,261 Hide me behind your cross, Lord. 97 00:05:45,325 --> 00:05:45,997 We love you, Lord. 98 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:47,117 In Jesus name I pray. 99 00:05:47,213 --> 00:05:48,049 Amen. 100 00:05:49,589 --> 00:05:51,329 I am a father. 101 00:05:51,909 --> 00:05:52,333 Yes. 102 00:05:52,381 --> 00:05:56,589 I've only been a father for about seven months now, so my experience 103 00:05:56,709 --> 00:05:57,805 is still pretty low. 104 00:05:57,877 --> 00:05:58,489 Right. 105 00:05:59,429 --> 00:06:05,283 But in some ways, I've been a father in to my dog. 106 00:06:05,331 --> 00:06:08,499 I guess you could say my dog. 107 00:06:08,579 --> 00:06:10,595 His name is Flynn. 108 00:06:10,787 --> 00:06:13,043 He is an Australian shepherd. 109 00:06:13,171 --> 00:06:15,443 If you know anything about Australian shepherds. 110 00:06:15,491 --> 00:06:19,875 They are full of energy and they are actually very clever dogs. 111 00:06:19,907 --> 00:06:23,795 They really are my Dog Flynn is a very special dog. 112 00:06:23,827 --> 00:06:26,479 And I say, and I use that lightly, right? 113 00:06:27,179 --> 00:06:33,779 Flynn we got as a six week old puppy and we actually bought him 114 00:06:33,819 --> 00:06:37,411 as a Valentine's gift to me and my wife. 115 00:06:37,475 --> 00:06:41,331 My wife had been begging for a dog for about two months at that 116 00:06:41,355 --> 00:06:41,539 point. 117 00:06:41,579 --> 00:06:43,971 And I was like, no, I don't want to spend the extra money on 118 00:06:43,995 --> 00:06:45,119 a dog yet. 119 00:06:45,419 --> 00:06:48,403 We don't have nowhere to put a dog, all that type of stuff. 120 00:06:48,531 --> 00:06:51,443 And my wife, of course, was like, she's like, I'm always lonely 121 00:06:51,491 --> 00:06:52,259 when you're not here. 122 00:06:52,299 --> 00:06:53,427 I want a dog, right? 123 00:06:53,483 --> 00:06:57,039 She's always been, she's always lived with a dog, I guess. 124 00:06:57,339 --> 00:07:05,759 And then I said, okay, if the Lord allows me to get a raise or 125 00:07:06,139 --> 00:07:10,451 I guess a bonus or I get to work some overtime that I could get 126 00:07:10,475 --> 00:07:13,139 the extra money, I will get you a dog. 127 00:07:13,299 --> 00:07:19,427 Well, literally, probably two weeks later, I had worked a 40 hour 128 00:07:19,483 --> 00:07:24,037 week in about 85 hours and it was a long week for me. 129 00:07:24,163 --> 00:07:26,257 But of course my paycheck rolled around. 130 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:29,469 I had like three paychecks, it seemed like, in one, right? 131 00:07:29,769 --> 00:07:35,297 And I of course got a little bit of that bonus for working overtime. 132 00:07:35,473 --> 00:07:40,561 And of course my wife then started sending me pictures of all 133 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:42,545 the puppies that were available, right? 134 00:07:42,697 --> 00:07:46,865 And of course I didn't really want an Australian Shepherd. 135 00:07:46,897 --> 00:07:48,433 I had my list. 136 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:51,793 My dream dog is actually a Bluetick Coonhound. 137 00:07:51,841 --> 00:07:53,221 That's actually my dream dog. 138 00:07:53,345 --> 00:07:55,249 I would love a Blue tit Coonhound. 139 00:07:55,829 --> 00:07:59,149 But actually an Australian shepherd was actually my number two 140 00:07:59,189 --> 00:07:59,809 choice. 141 00:08:00,149 --> 00:08:03,773 So of course I got the second pick, I guess you could say, in a 142 00:08:03,781 --> 00:08:06,525 way, of course my wife won that battle. 143 00:08:06,557 --> 00:08:10,285 She wanted an Australian shepherd, so we got an Australian 144 00:08:10,317 --> 00:08:10,685 Shepherd. 145 00:08:10,717 --> 00:08:14,365 And you know, early on with a puppy, they keep you up at night, 146 00:08:14,437 --> 00:08:17,249 they cry very similar to a baby. 147 00:08:17,829 --> 00:08:21,689 And it kind of, it was funny when Henry came around. 148 00:08:22,779 --> 00:08:26,435 My son Henry, he's been a very easy baby. 149 00:08:26,467 --> 00:08:29,279 I can't really complain too much, right? 150 00:08:30,539 --> 00:08:33,187 Flynn had been harder than our baby at times. 151 00:08:33,243 --> 00:08:37,555 I just remember looking back at that and some of you may laugh 152 00:08:37,587 --> 00:08:40,691 because some of you all know the stories, but I look back on that 153 00:08:40,715 --> 00:08:46,323 and say, wow, Flynn kind of did prepare me for being a father 154 00:08:46,371 --> 00:08:47,279 a little bit. 155 00:08:47,589 --> 00:08:51,357 And it's amazing how things in our life, and they may just seem 156 00:08:51,413 --> 00:08:54,409 so small or we may not see things in that way. 157 00:08:55,349 --> 00:08:59,597 Down the road, we look back in our memories at those events, we 158 00:08:59,653 --> 00:09:02,493 see, wow, God was preparing me for something. 159 00:09:02,661 --> 00:09:06,045 Now I know that may be a silly illustration about my dog preparing 160 00:09:06,077 --> 00:09:09,229 me for fatherhood but you could probably look back in your 161 00:09:09,269 --> 00:09:13,441 life right now and see some of those areas that God prepared you 162 00:09:13,605 --> 00:09:17,109 to face, those trials in your life, that sin in your life, right? 163 00:09:17,569 --> 00:09:21,945 And I wrote down this intro for this message. 164 00:09:21,977 --> 00:09:25,309 And I said, life is full of struggle and trial. 165 00:09:25,649 --> 00:09:30,217 Failure and defeat seem to always be around every corner. 166 00:09:30,393 --> 00:09:33,641 You are scared to take the next step because you may fall through 167 00:09:33,665 --> 00:09:37,641 the glass floor, maybe even scared to look up at what might be 168 00:09:37,665 --> 00:09:38,185 ahead. 169 00:09:38,337 --> 00:09:39,983 It just seems like it. 170 00:09:40,121 --> 00:09:42,307 Like life takes your breath away. 171 00:09:42,443 --> 00:09:44,839 Like when standing at the edge of a cliff. 172 00:09:45,419 --> 00:09:49,999 Fear just seems to always be the driving force of life. 173 00:09:50,539 --> 00:09:52,319 But it doesn't have to be. 174 00:09:52,779 --> 00:09:54,319 Let me ask you this. 175 00:09:54,939 --> 00:09:59,079 Are you living by fear or by faith? 176 00:10:00,299 --> 00:10:04,531 Tonight, as I mentioned before, I'd like us to focus on the 177 00:10:04,555 --> 00:10:06,953 three keys that we'll see in our passage. 178 00:10:07,131 --> 00:10:10,749 Three keys to facing the giants. 179 00:10:10,909 --> 00:10:12,541 Three keys to facing the giants. 180 00:10:12,605 --> 00:10:16,769 Number one, recognize your cause. 181 00:10:17,189 --> 00:10:17,997 Look again. 182 00:10:18,053 --> 00:10:22,445 In verse number 26, it says, and David spake to the men that stood 183 00:10:22,477 --> 00:10:26,381 by him, saying, what shall be done to the man that killeth the 184 00:10:26,405 --> 00:10:29,197 Philistine and taketh away the reproach from Israel? 185 00:10:29,293 --> 00:10:30,509 Jump down to verse 27. 186 00:10:30,549 --> 00:10:33,085 And the people answered him after this marriage, saying, so shall 187 00:10:33,117 --> 00:10:36,065 it be done to the man that killeth him. 188 00:10:36,217 --> 00:10:37,489 And verse number 28. 189 00:10:37,529 --> 00:10:42,337 And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the men. 190 00:10:42,473 --> 00:10:45,233 And Eliab's anger was kindled against David. 191 00:10:45,281 --> 00:10:48,433 And he said, why camest thou down hither? 192 00:10:48,561 --> 00:10:53,729 And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? 193 00:10:53,889 --> 00:10:57,009 I know thy pride and thy naughtiness of thine heart. 194 00:10:57,129 --> 00:11:00,549 For thou art come down, that thou mightest see the battle. 195 00:11:01,149 --> 00:11:04,449 And here's a little bit of the focus for this point. 196 00:11:04,749 --> 00:11:07,809 And David said, what have I now done? 197 00:11:08,189 --> 00:11:10,569 Is there not a cause? 198 00:11:11,069 --> 00:11:15,749 And he turned from him toward another and spake after the same 199 00:11:15,789 --> 00:11:16,373 manner. 200 00:11:16,501 --> 00:11:19,689 And the people answered him again after the former manner. 201 00:11:21,229 --> 00:11:22,789 Just kind of a side note here. 202 00:11:22,829 --> 00:11:25,941 I love that when God is trying to do something in our lives, it 203 00:11:25,965 --> 00:11:29,821 just seems like someone else just kind of comes along and just 204 00:11:29,925 --> 00:11:32,689 almost tries to derail the train sometimes. 205 00:11:33,749 --> 00:11:35,181 Or just something. 206 00:11:35,365 --> 00:11:38,409 Just this roadblock that just kind of gets thrown up. 207 00:11:38,869 --> 00:11:42,237 It's amazing to me that when God's working, there always seems 208 00:11:42,253 --> 00:11:45,261 to be a little bit of a hiccup every once in a while. 209 00:11:45,445 --> 00:11:46,157 You know why? 210 00:11:46,213 --> 00:11:50,669 It's because Satan does not want God to have victory in your 211 00:11:50,709 --> 00:11:51,289 life. 212 00:11:51,829 --> 00:11:57,289 Satan is trying to keep you from experiencing God's will in your 213 00:11:57,329 --> 00:11:57,913 life. 214 00:11:58,081 --> 00:12:02,553 And Elihab is acting as this roadblock in a way, this. 215 00:12:02,641 --> 00:12:06,989 This stepping stone, I guess you could say, this stumbling block, 216 00:12:07,329 --> 00:12:11,017 that he is challenging David with what he is saying. 217 00:12:11,073 --> 00:12:14,469 In fact, he was angered against what David was saying. 218 00:12:15,649 --> 00:12:18,681 I don't know if it was jealousy or pride that got away. 219 00:12:18,705 --> 00:12:20,121 Maybe all of the above, right? 220 00:12:20,145 --> 00:12:23,739 But something in Eliab's heart was not right. 221 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:26,127 He was the eldest brother. 222 00:12:26,303 --> 00:12:28,271 He had been raised like David. 223 00:12:28,335 --> 00:12:34,431 How come he was not standing like David was standing against Goliath? 224 00:12:34,575 --> 00:12:37,279 How come he never spoke up against any of the men? 225 00:12:37,319 --> 00:12:38,287 He had been there for days. 226 00:12:38,343 --> 00:12:43,887 He had every opportunity to speak up, and he never did until 227 00:12:44,023 --> 00:12:47,065 someone tries speaking up and he tried to put that flame out. 228 00:12:47,167 --> 00:12:47,813 It's amazing. 229 00:12:47,861 --> 00:12:51,525 Every time that revival tries to start in a church, there's always 230 00:12:51,597 --> 00:12:54,117 someone with a bucket of water ready to pour it out. 231 00:12:54,253 --> 00:12:56,085 Just amazes me sometimes. 232 00:12:56,277 --> 00:12:59,893 But I would like us to see that David recognized his purpose. 233 00:12:59,941 --> 00:13:03,329 That's another word for that word, cause there. 234 00:13:04,109 --> 00:13:05,893 David's basically saying, what is our purpose? 235 00:13:05,941 --> 00:13:08,209 Is there not a purpose for us here? 236 00:13:09,229 --> 00:13:11,973 And we would say that of course there's a purpose. 237 00:13:12,021 --> 00:13:12,609 Right? 238 00:13:12,999 --> 00:13:15,231 We have our own purposes in life. 239 00:13:15,415 --> 00:13:18,015 Our main purpose is to win the loss for Christ. 240 00:13:18,087 --> 00:13:21,823 We see that in Matthew 28, 18:20, and we'll read that here in 241 00:13:21,831 --> 00:13:22,539 a bit. 242 00:13:22,839 --> 00:13:26,099 And then our second purpose is to live for God. 243 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,879 In First Corinthians 15:31, it says, Whether therefore ye eat or 244 00:13:30,919 --> 00:13:34,739 drink or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 245 00:13:35,239 --> 00:13:36,879 Let me ask you this tonight, though. 246 00:13:36,919 --> 00:13:40,751 Where are the Christians who have a cause to stand against the 247 00:13:40,775 --> 00:13:41,459 giants? 248 00:13:42,179 --> 00:13:47,211 Now, there's two types of giants that we can kind of take from 249 00:13:47,235 --> 00:13:47,883 this passage. 250 00:13:47,931 --> 00:13:53,559 The first kind of giant is the giants that affect us, all right? 251 00:13:54,419 --> 00:14:04,395 Immorality, those temptations, the movement of the awoke agenda. 252 00:14:04,427 --> 00:14:09,595 I guess you could say the false preachers, the false witnesses 253 00:14:09,627 --> 00:14:10,441 out there. 254 00:14:10,635 --> 00:14:15,409 There's so many giants that we could think of the alcoholic movement. 255 00:14:15,829 --> 00:14:21,089 It is amazing to see how many giants are in our society. 256 00:14:21,429 --> 00:14:24,413 And no wonder we can't see revival in America. 257 00:14:24,461 --> 00:14:29,469 No wonder it has not come is because there are so many giants 258 00:14:29,549 --> 00:14:32,093 that Christians are not standing up to. 259 00:14:32,261 --> 00:14:33,549 Let me ask you this. 260 00:14:33,669 --> 00:14:37,421 When's the last time you spoke against one of those things at work? 261 00:14:37,525 --> 00:14:42,669 I'm not talking about picking fights and calling someone out. 262 00:14:42,709 --> 00:14:47,101 But you're not the type of one to turn away from it. 263 00:14:47,285 --> 00:14:50,349 Or maybe you're partaking it. 264 00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:52,029 I hope that you don't, but maybe you are. 265 00:14:52,069 --> 00:14:53,885 Maybe you're falling into that temptation. 266 00:14:53,997 --> 00:14:57,421 Where are the Christians that turn away from sin in their Life. 267 00:14:57,445 --> 00:14:59,549 And they take a stand for God. 268 00:14:59,709 --> 00:15:00,893 Where are those Christians? 269 00:15:00,941 --> 00:15:01,569 Tonight? 270 00:15:02,799 --> 00:15:07,031 We see that David is taking a stand before Goliath. 271 00:15:07,175 --> 00:15:09,991 Let me remind you real fast, Goliath. 272 00:15:10,135 --> 00:15:13,539 They say he's a giant, but let's back up a little bit. 273 00:15:14,239 --> 00:15:19,495 A giant is not just a guy that is 7 foot tall, a basketball player. 274 00:15:19,567 --> 00:15:22,259 We may think of those guys as giants, right? 275 00:15:22,639 --> 00:15:27,191 I have many family members who are looked at as giants a lot of 276 00:15:27,215 --> 00:15:28,023 time, right. 277 00:15:28,191 --> 00:15:29,943 Unfortunately, I did not get that gene. 278 00:15:29,991 --> 00:15:30,949 They stole my height. 279 00:15:31,039 --> 00:15:33,241 Just want to let you know that somebody needs to call the cops. 280 00:15:33,305 --> 00:15:34,069 Just saying. 281 00:15:34,689 --> 00:15:40,009 But anyways, we look at this story and we see that it says that 282 00:15:40,049 --> 00:15:41,161 it's a giant. 283 00:15:41,225 --> 00:15:42,361 Goliath is a giant. 284 00:15:42,425 --> 00:15:46,633 But let's pause for a second and think about how big this guy 285 00:15:46,681 --> 00:15:47,269 is. 286 00:15:49,009 --> 00:15:53,869 They say his spear probably weighed between 80 and 100 pounds, 287 00:15:54,449 --> 00:15:55,669 give or take. 288 00:15:56,859 --> 00:16:00,579 I don't know about you, I've never thrown a spear that's been 289 00:16:00,619 --> 00:16:02,639 £100, more or less. 290 00:16:03,499 --> 00:16:08,211 A metal pole that's that big, you know, I've never thrown anything 291 00:16:08,275 --> 00:16:10,519 that's been over £100. 292 00:16:11,419 --> 00:16:16,835 They say that his sword was probably twice the length of any 293 00:16:16,907 --> 00:16:19,731 great sword a man could wield. 294 00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:24,839 Now, a great sword is a sword that can stand about this tall, and 295 00:16:24,959 --> 00:16:27,799 it stands anywhere between five and six foot tall, is a great 296 00:16:27,839 --> 00:16:28,151 sword. 297 00:16:28,215 --> 00:16:32,695 And they say his sword could have been anywhere from 8ft to 12ft 298 00:16:32,727 --> 00:16:33,299 long. 299 00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:35,319 That it could have been. 300 00:16:35,359 --> 00:16:36,711 It could have been a shorter sword than that. 301 00:16:36,735 --> 00:16:37,159 We don't know. 302 00:16:37,199 --> 00:16:37,847 But they say. 303 00:16:37,903 --> 00:16:39,879 They don't really give us details about it. 304 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:46,807 But could you imagine looking at this guy and saying, oh, yeah, 305 00:16:46,983 --> 00:16:48,503 that's an easy fight. 306 00:16:48,671 --> 00:16:50,295 Of course, we don't really. 307 00:16:50,367 --> 00:16:52,903 I don't blame any of these guys for hiding in their tent, to 308 00:16:52,911 --> 00:16:55,459 be honest, because I probably would have been one of them. 309 00:16:55,809 --> 00:16:59,721 But if we take a second, we take a step back to just really look 310 00:16:59,745 --> 00:17:04,361 at this story about who Goliath was and what he was representing. 311 00:17:04,505 --> 00:17:09,469 David is the only one to stand against Goliath. 312 00:17:09,809 --> 00:17:11,029 Why is that? 313 00:17:11,569 --> 00:17:13,513 Why is David one of the smallest guys? 314 00:17:13,561 --> 00:17:15,469 The Bible says he's not a very big guy. 315 00:17:16,849 --> 00:17:21,509 And we'll see in a moment a little bit about David's past. 316 00:17:22,729 --> 00:17:26,929 He is the only one willing to take a stand out of all those Israelites. 317 00:17:27,009 --> 00:17:28,989 They've all been taught the same things. 318 00:17:29,369 --> 00:17:31,345 His brothers have all been taught the same things. 319 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:32,589 He's the only one. 320 00:17:34,969 --> 00:17:41,681 We've all been taught how to live our lives for Christ, how to 321 00:17:41,705 --> 00:17:43,229 win the loss for Christ. 322 00:17:44,409 --> 00:17:48,999 How come in our churches, the Pastor's the only one doing it. 323 00:17:50,739 --> 00:17:52,479 That Sunday school worker. 324 00:17:55,779 --> 00:17:58,919 What has happened to our churches in America today? 325 00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:01,339 Where are the Christians? 326 00:18:01,419 --> 00:18:04,779 I guess you could say, is there not a cause? 327 00:18:04,859 --> 00:18:07,051 Is there not something to stand for? 328 00:18:07,155 --> 00:18:09,999 Is there not a purpose for us tonight? 329 00:18:10,579 --> 00:18:12,799 What is your purpose here tonight? 330 00:18:13,399 --> 00:18:15,459 It's a very simple answer. 331 00:18:15,959 --> 00:18:17,379 Glorify God. 332 00:18:19,639 --> 00:18:24,175 We see that, first of all, we must recognize our cause when we 333 00:18:24,247 --> 00:18:25,727 face the giants in our lives. 334 00:18:25,783 --> 00:18:30,399 And secondly, we must remember the victories that God has given 335 00:18:30,439 --> 00:18:31,579 us in our life. 336 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:36,783 Pausing for just a moment, I said that there was two giants that 337 00:18:36,791 --> 00:18:37,215 we faced. 338 00:18:37,247 --> 00:18:38,459 The first is the. 339 00:18:39,079 --> 00:18:42,031 The generalized sin that we see in the world today. 340 00:18:42,135 --> 00:18:45,295 But the second giants in our lives are those personal giants, 341 00:18:45,487 --> 00:18:50,219 those personal trials, that sin in your life, the hard times, 342 00:18:50,999 --> 00:18:58,159 that debt, that sickness, that besetting sin, the temptation that 343 00:18:58,279 --> 00:18:59,567 you keep falling into. 344 00:18:59,703 --> 00:19:03,139 Maybe we have some giants in our lives here tonight. 345 00:19:03,719 --> 00:19:08,095 I guarantee every single one of us has a giant in our life tonight. 346 00:19:08,207 --> 00:19:11,391 If we really examine ourselves, we could see that we have 347 00:19:11,415 --> 00:19:12,699 a giant in our life. 348 00:19:14,999 --> 00:19:15,979 Let's continue. 349 00:19:17,079 --> 00:19:21,023 We see here that David remembered the victories that God 350 00:19:21,071 --> 00:19:22,079 given in his life. 351 00:19:22,199 --> 00:19:23,759 Look out in verse number 31. 352 00:19:23,799 --> 00:19:28,271 Verse number 31, it says, and when the words were heard which David 353 00:19:28,335 --> 00:19:32,047 spake, they rehearsed them before Saul, and he sent for him. 354 00:19:32,103 --> 00:19:36,563 And David said to Saul, let no man's heart fail because of him. 355 00:19:36,711 --> 00:19:39,739 Thy servant will go and fight with the Philistine. 356 00:19:39,899 --> 00:19:44,411 And Saul said to David, thou art not able to go against the Philistine 357 00:19:44,475 --> 00:19:49,627 to fight with him, for thou art but a youth, and he a man of 358 00:19:49,683 --> 00:19:51,307 war from his youth. 359 00:19:51,483 --> 00:19:55,499 And David said unto Saul, thy servant kept his father's sheep. 360 00:19:55,579 --> 00:19:59,467 And there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock. 361 00:19:59,563 --> 00:20:04,011 And I went out after him and smote him and delivered it out of 362 00:20:04,035 --> 00:20:06,487 the mouth, out of his mouth. 363 00:20:06,583 --> 00:20:11,367 And when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and smote 364 00:20:11,383 --> 00:20:13,095 him and slew him. 365 00:20:13,247 --> 00:20:17,479 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear. 366 00:20:17,639 --> 00:20:22,099 And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, 367 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,351 seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 368 00:20:27,495 --> 00:20:30,823 David said, moreover, the Lord that delivered me out of the paw 369 00:20:30,871 --> 00:20:35,399 of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out 370 00:20:35,519 --> 00:20:37,431 of the hand of this Philistine. 371 00:20:37,575 --> 00:20:40,979 And Saul said to David, go, and the Lord be with me. 372 00:20:41,279 --> 00:20:45,031 Let me just say what great faith David has at this moment, and 373 00:20:45,055 --> 00:20:47,047 we're going to see a little bit more of that here in a second. 374 00:20:47,103 --> 00:20:48,739 But let's back up. 375 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:52,583 How many of you have ever wrestled with a bear before? 376 00:20:52,671 --> 00:20:55,127 And I'm not talking about a teddy bear, okay? 377 00:20:55,143 --> 00:20:57,783 I'm talking about an actual grizzly bear. 378 00:20:57,831 --> 00:20:59,193 I don't think I ever have. 379 00:20:59,351 --> 00:21:00,049 Right. 380 00:21:00,749 --> 00:21:04,533 You do realize some of those grizzly bears, when they stand on 381 00:21:04,541 --> 00:21:06,933 their hind legs, they're over 12ft tall. 382 00:21:06,981 --> 00:21:09,141 I hope some of you understand that. 383 00:21:09,325 --> 00:21:14,261 A lot of people, I think I saw this stat or a kind of a survey they 384 00:21:14,285 --> 00:21:14,613 did. 385 00:21:14,701 --> 00:21:18,565 About 6% of Americans believe that they could take on a grizzly 386 00:21:18,597 --> 00:21:19,765 bear in hand to hand combat. 387 00:21:19,797 --> 00:21:22,901 I do not know why they think that, but that is insane. 388 00:21:22,965 --> 00:21:24,229 I would like to meet those people. 389 00:21:24,269 --> 00:21:25,249 I really would. 390 00:21:25,909 --> 00:21:30,009 If you've ever seen a grizzly bear, it is raw power. 391 00:21:30,949 --> 00:21:36,829 I don't know what type of bear David faced and took down, but it 392 00:21:36,869 --> 00:21:40,029 doesn't say that David took him down with a bow and arrow. 393 00:21:40,189 --> 00:21:43,929 It doesn't say that David just kind of. 394 00:21:45,109 --> 00:21:46,509 I don't know what's another. 395 00:21:46,629 --> 00:21:48,061 He didn't have a sword with him. 396 00:21:48,085 --> 00:21:49,549 He may have had one, I don't know. 397 00:21:49,669 --> 00:21:54,045 But it kind of indicates here that David kind of used his hands 398 00:21:54,077 --> 00:21:57,009 a little bit with the bears and the lions. 399 00:21:57,889 --> 00:22:01,225 And secondly, he didn't just take down a bear. 400 00:22:01,337 --> 00:22:02,569 Maybe that's not enough for you. 401 00:22:02,609 --> 00:22:04,617 He also took down a lion. 402 00:22:04,793 --> 00:22:07,689 Now, if you're not familiar with bears, most everyone in here 403 00:22:07,729 --> 00:22:10,389 is familiar with a lion, Right. 404 00:22:11,009 --> 00:22:15,513 There are stories of lions catching people by the leg and they're 405 00:22:15,561 --> 00:22:19,785 able to pick them up off the ground and run miles with that person. 406 00:22:19,937 --> 00:22:22,553 Not to give you nightmares tonight, but that gives me nightmares. 407 00:22:22,601 --> 00:22:23,309 Okay. 408 00:22:23,919 --> 00:22:28,087 Lions are also another animal of raw power and strength. 409 00:22:28,183 --> 00:22:30,887 They literally have knives for hands. 410 00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:31,899 Okay. 411 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:34,983 They're not something to necessarily mess around with. 412 00:22:35,071 --> 00:22:35,607 Right. 413 00:22:35,743 --> 00:22:39,895 And the Bible gives us a little bit of detail into these circumstances 414 00:22:40,007 --> 00:22:44,779 that David caught the lion by his beard. 415 00:22:45,199 --> 00:22:49,335 Now, we know that most lions have manes, right? 416 00:22:49,407 --> 00:22:50,439 At least the males do. 417 00:22:50,479 --> 00:22:50,943 Right? 418 00:22:51,071 --> 00:22:55,103 And usually their hair kind of hangs down a little bit longer underneath 419 00:22:55,151 --> 00:22:55,743 them. 420 00:22:55,911 --> 00:23:00,751 Most people believe that when, when the Bible talks about that David 421 00:23:00,815 --> 00:23:02,111 caught him here. 422 00:23:02,295 --> 00:23:05,779 Now, he didn't catch him by the top, he caught him underneath. 423 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:10,271 So hang on, when the Bible says he, he got him by his beard, 424 00:23:10,335 --> 00:23:13,979 that kind of indicates that David may have been holding him. 425 00:23:14,999 --> 00:23:18,987 I don't know what that means, but there is a little bit of indication 426 00:23:19,163 --> 00:23:23,067 that David may have had some sort of Samson like strength in these 427 00:23:23,123 --> 00:23:23,759 moments. 428 00:23:24,259 --> 00:23:29,003 There's not a lot of evidence of that, but you can kind of do a 429 00:23:29,011 --> 00:23:33,211 little bit of digging and a little Bit of creative thinking. 430 00:23:33,275 --> 00:23:36,107 And you could kind of see that being a possibility. 431 00:23:36,203 --> 00:23:41,035 Cause I've never seen a man wrestle with a bear or with a lion 432 00:23:41,147 --> 00:23:43,739 with just their hands and come out alive. 433 00:23:43,819 --> 00:23:44,251 Right. 434 00:23:44,355 --> 00:23:45,723 At least unscathed. 435 00:23:45,771 --> 00:23:46,363 Right. 436 00:23:46,531 --> 00:23:49,599 But it shows that the Bible, that God. 437 00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:55,259 Sorry, The Bible shows that God gave David these victories. 438 00:23:55,419 --> 00:23:59,355 This isn't in here because David is saying, hey, I'm actually 439 00:23:59,427 --> 00:24:02,859 pretty good with taking down wild animals, so I can take this 440 00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:03,307 guy down. 441 00:24:03,363 --> 00:24:08,619 No, David is reminding Saul or he's letting Saul know that, hey, 442 00:24:08,779 --> 00:24:11,067 God delivered me during these times. 443 00:24:11,203 --> 00:24:13,479 I think he can deliver me this time too. 444 00:24:13,779 --> 00:24:15,759 That is what David's saying tonight. 445 00:24:16,819 --> 00:24:22,683 David remembered when God gave him the victory in seemingly impossible 446 00:24:22,811 --> 00:24:23,999 situations. 447 00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:29,611 This gave David confidence that the Lord would be with him no 448 00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:33,999 matter what, as long as he stayed true to God, obviously. 449 00:24:35,059 --> 00:24:36,155 Let me ask you this. 450 00:24:36,227 --> 00:24:40,419 What victories has God brought you through in life? 451 00:24:41,199 --> 00:24:44,839 I could think of several victories that God's brought me through 452 00:24:44,879 --> 00:24:45,623 in life. 453 00:24:45,791 --> 00:24:49,339 I remember when we found out that we were pregnant. 454 00:24:50,159 --> 00:24:52,839 Long story short, my other truck gave up the ghost. 455 00:24:52,919 --> 00:24:54,247 And there's a long story with that. 456 00:24:54,303 --> 00:24:56,279 And I needed a new truck. 457 00:24:56,439 --> 00:25:01,431 And our apartment was also a smaller apartment and we were at 458 00:25:01,455 --> 00:25:03,223 least needing an extra bedroom. 459 00:25:03,351 --> 00:25:05,059 And so we were looking for. 460 00:25:05,609 --> 00:25:08,465 We looked at houses, but we weren't able to afford houses. 461 00:25:08,497 --> 00:25:12,145 We looked at renting a house and we couldn't afford that. 462 00:25:12,217 --> 00:25:15,057 And finally I kind of did some calling around. 463 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:17,841 I talked to our apartment complex that we live in. 464 00:25:17,865 --> 00:25:21,393 I said, hey, I'm looking for a two or three bedroom apartment, if 465 00:25:21,401 --> 00:25:22,817 you're able to get me one. 466 00:25:22,953 --> 00:25:26,909 We need like an extra bedroom or two if y'all have one available. 467 00:25:27,209 --> 00:25:29,921 And they kind of pulled a little bit of strings and they made 468 00:25:29,945 --> 00:25:30,561 it work for us. 469 00:25:30,585 --> 00:25:32,461 And I can look back on those moments. 470 00:25:32,625 --> 00:25:34,021 And God provided me. 471 00:25:34,045 --> 00:25:36,821 And God provided me a truck that I could afford and that I could 472 00:25:36,845 --> 00:25:37,077 use. 473 00:25:37,133 --> 00:25:39,797 And there was just all these victories that God's. 474 00:25:39,893 --> 00:25:41,653 And those are very simple victories. 475 00:25:41,701 --> 00:25:45,877 But I can look back on those moments in my life and I could see 476 00:25:45,933 --> 00:25:48,693 God providing every single time I needed him to. 477 00:25:48,861 --> 00:25:52,181 And let me remind you, God is never late with his timing. 478 00:25:52,245 --> 00:25:53,249 He never is. 479 00:25:54,589 --> 00:25:58,049 He's seldom early, and he's always on time. 480 00:26:00,199 --> 00:26:05,871 You see, we always seem to forget everything God does to protect 481 00:26:05,935 --> 00:26:07,215 and provide for us. 482 00:26:07,367 --> 00:26:11,583 It always seems like when things go wrong, that's when we're 483 00:26:11,631 --> 00:26:13,039 like, hey, God, where are you at? 484 00:26:13,079 --> 00:26:15,807 But we hadn't been really thinking about how he's already been 485 00:26:15,863 --> 00:26:17,259 providing for us. 486 00:26:18,439 --> 00:26:27,233 We just kind of seem to forget that in Matthew 28:20 during the 487 00:26:27,241 --> 00:26:31,389 great Commission, he ends with, and lo, I am with you always. 488 00:26:33,529 --> 00:26:35,709 God is always with you. 489 00:26:36,489 --> 00:26:42,577 And we forget that sometimes as Christians living in America today, 490 00:26:42,633 --> 00:26:44,673 we forget that God's with us. 491 00:26:44,841 --> 00:26:46,749 What do you have to be scared about? 492 00:26:47,529 --> 00:26:50,625 If God is for us, who can be against us? 493 00:26:50,777 --> 00:26:51,329 Right? 494 00:26:51,449 --> 00:26:54,785 Why can't we have the same attitude when we go into the trials 495 00:26:54,817 --> 00:26:56,281 in our life as David does? 496 00:26:56,425 --> 00:26:58,441 Why can't we stand against the sin? 497 00:26:58,505 --> 00:27:02,009 Why can't we stand against the trials just like David does right 498 00:27:02,049 --> 00:27:02,681 here? 499 00:27:02,865 --> 00:27:06,729 It's not like the Bible is saying that David was something special. 500 00:27:06,849 --> 00:27:10,073 I know he's anointed to be king in this moment, right? 501 00:27:10,241 --> 00:27:12,649 That's the only thing really special going for him here. 502 00:27:12,689 --> 00:27:17,749 But he's only anointed that because of the heart that David has. 503 00:27:18,209 --> 00:27:21,069 And that came from spending time with God. 504 00:27:21,409 --> 00:27:22,329 Let me ask you this. 505 00:27:22,369 --> 00:27:24,509 When's the last time you spent time with God? 506 00:27:25,219 --> 00:27:26,359 Proper time. 507 00:27:27,459 --> 00:27:27,979 I know. 508 00:27:28,019 --> 00:27:29,323 You may pray before every meal. 509 00:27:29,371 --> 00:27:30,199 That's good. 510 00:27:30,499 --> 00:27:32,479 Is that the only time you talk to God? 511 00:27:33,539 --> 00:27:35,279 I'm guilty of it sometimes. 512 00:27:35,859 --> 00:27:37,039 Just being honest. 513 00:27:39,779 --> 00:27:41,399 God is with us. 514 00:27:42,099 --> 00:27:43,559 He always has been. 515 00:27:44,179 --> 00:27:49,839 In Hebrews 13:5, it says, Let your conversation be without covetousness 516 00:27:50,189 --> 00:27:53,409 and be content with such things as ye have. 517 00:27:53,789 --> 00:27:57,449 For he has said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. 518 00:27:58,109 --> 00:28:02,529 It's amazing how many times we worry about how we don't have something 519 00:28:03,229 --> 00:28:09,717 or how we haven't earned something yet, like we're something 520 00:28:09,773 --> 00:28:10,369 special. 521 00:28:12,109 --> 00:28:14,209 It's amazing how we forget that. 522 00:28:14,829 --> 00:28:18,757 How we forget that God has still been able to provide for us 523 00:28:18,813 --> 00:28:20,089 every single moment. 524 00:28:23,789 --> 00:28:27,381 So we see here first, we see that we must recognize the first 525 00:28:27,405 --> 00:28:31,221 key is that we must recognize our cause. 526 00:28:31,285 --> 00:28:34,649 And secondly, we must remember our victories. 527 00:28:36,029 --> 00:28:39,061 I hope you can look back in your life and see the victories that 528 00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:40,769 God has given you in your life. 529 00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:43,861 I hope that gives you courage. 530 00:28:43,925 --> 00:28:47,823 I hope that gives you strength, that confidence, that faith 531 00:28:47,871 --> 00:28:48,659 in God. 532 00:28:49,719 --> 00:28:55,379 The Bible says that faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains. 533 00:28:56,599 --> 00:28:58,419 I've never seen a mountain moved. 534 00:28:59,079 --> 00:28:59,551 I guess. 535 00:28:59,575 --> 00:29:01,299 What does that say about my faith? 536 00:29:03,719 --> 00:29:09,119 And number three, we see the third key is that we must rely on 537 00:29:09,159 --> 00:29:10,499 the name of the Lord. 538 00:29:11,009 --> 00:29:12,409 Look at verse number 43. 539 00:29:12,449 --> 00:29:15,081 We'll jump down to verse 43 to give you a little bit of context, 540 00:29:15,145 --> 00:29:19,609 coming to this moment after David shares the stories with Saul 541 00:29:19,689 --> 00:29:23,817 about facing the lion and facing the bear and taking him down. 542 00:29:23,953 --> 00:29:25,749 It's awesome story, right? 543 00:29:26,289 --> 00:29:29,625 And Saul offers to David his armor. 544 00:29:29,657 --> 00:29:32,073 And David says, no, I can't. 545 00:29:32,121 --> 00:29:33,657 I Haven't proved these things. 546 00:29:33,793 --> 00:29:35,029 These aren't going to work. 547 00:29:36,129 --> 00:29:38,493 If anything, they're just going to hold me down, they're going 548 00:29:38,501 --> 00:29:39,449 to slow me down. 549 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:46,333 And David finally goes to the brook there and he grabs five smooth 550 00:29:46,381 --> 00:29:46,749 stones. 551 00:29:46,829 --> 00:29:50,461 Now, there's a lot of debate on why he grabbed those five stones, 552 00:29:50,525 --> 00:29:51,133 right? 553 00:29:51,301 --> 00:29:57,245 The first being for Goliath, the other four for Goliath's brothers. 554 00:29:57,357 --> 00:30:01,853 There's maybe some concern there that once David took down Goliath, 555 00:30:01,901 --> 00:30:05,073 he thought that maybe his Goliath's brothers would retaliate, 556 00:30:05,121 --> 00:30:07,105 which were also giants, by the way. 557 00:30:07,177 --> 00:30:09,953 So there may have been some evidence that Goliath may not have 558 00:30:09,961 --> 00:30:11,949 been the only giant there. 559 00:30:12,809 --> 00:30:16,417 And David was ready to face all five. 560 00:30:16,473 --> 00:30:19,873 It seems like that was more just a side tidbit, so you can kind 561 00:30:19,881 --> 00:30:21,361 of just take that what you will. 562 00:30:21,465 --> 00:30:25,313 Anyways, in verse number 43, David has now approached Goliath 563 00:30:25,361 --> 00:30:27,537 and Goliath has started to speak to David. 564 00:30:27,553 --> 00:30:29,521 And this is what Goliath says in verse 143. 565 00:30:29,545 --> 00:30:33,329 He says, and the Philistines said unto David, am I a dog that 566 00:30:33,369 --> 00:30:35,793 thou comest to me with staves? 567 00:30:35,921 --> 00:30:39,633 And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 568 00:30:39,761 --> 00:30:41,809 Notice there, the little G, right? 569 00:30:41,929 --> 00:30:44,033 His gods, like that, did anything right. 570 00:30:44,121 --> 00:30:48,177 And the Philistines said to David, come to me, and I will give 571 00:30:48,233 --> 00:30:52,209 thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the 572 00:30:52,249 --> 00:30:52,737 field. 573 00:30:52,873 --> 00:30:54,689 Now, let's pause there for one second. 574 00:30:54,729 --> 00:30:56,593 Let's take a time out, just one second. 575 00:30:56,761 --> 00:31:01,411 If a giant is threatening to feed you to the birds, that may be 576 00:31:01,435 --> 00:31:04,319 a little bit of a scary moment for you, just to let you know. 577 00:31:04,699 --> 00:31:08,819 I don't know what Goliath sounded like, but I do imagine he 578 00:31:08,859 --> 00:31:10,099 sounded pretty tough, right? 579 00:31:10,139 --> 00:31:11,795 I don't think he had a high squeaky voice. 580 00:31:11,827 --> 00:31:14,159 I think it was very low and booming, right? 581 00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:19,923 So looking at this, it doesn't seem to faze David. 582 00:31:19,971 --> 00:31:20,531 So let's look here. 583 00:31:20,555 --> 00:31:24,759 In verse number 45, it says, then said David to the Philistine, 584 00:31:25,259 --> 00:31:29,351 thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with 585 00:31:29,375 --> 00:31:30,139 a shield. 586 00:31:30,719 --> 00:31:35,511 But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of 587 00:31:35,535 --> 00:31:40,871 the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied this day will the 588 00:31:40,895 --> 00:31:44,871 Lord deliver thee into mine hand, and I will smite thee. 589 00:31:45,015 --> 00:31:49,959 And take thine head from me, and I will give the carcass to the 590 00:31:49,999 --> 00:31:53,783 host of the host of the Philistines this day, unto the fowls 591 00:31:53,831 --> 00:31:58,379 of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the 592 00:31:58,419 --> 00:32:01,787 earth May know that there is a God in Israel. 593 00:32:01,883 --> 00:32:06,955 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with 594 00:32:07,107 --> 00:32:12,219 sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's and he will 595 00:32:12,259 --> 00:32:21,359 give you into our hands Again, we see an insane amount of faith 596 00:32:21,499 --> 00:32:22,979 David has right here. 597 00:32:23,439 --> 00:32:27,751 I don't know if you've ever noticed, but I am a smaller guy. 598 00:32:27,895 --> 00:32:29,335 I'm not a very big guy. 599 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:33,463 The Lord has decided to not make me so tall. 600 00:32:33,511 --> 00:32:33,911 Right. 601 00:32:34,015 --> 00:32:35,719 I'm not a huge, muscular guy. 602 00:32:35,799 --> 00:32:36,919 I'm just not built that way. 603 00:32:36,959 --> 00:32:37,539 Right. 604 00:32:37,839 --> 00:32:41,591 I remember playing football, and I remember going against a lot 605 00:32:41,615 --> 00:32:43,159 of the guys that were bigger than me. 606 00:32:43,199 --> 00:32:43,779 Right. 607 00:32:44,239 --> 00:32:46,455 I never chose to taunt them. 608 00:32:46,527 --> 00:32:48,743 However, it always felt good when I was able to tackle one of 609 00:32:48,751 --> 00:32:50,211 them because it just made me feel really good. 610 00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:51,039 I don't know. 611 00:32:51,339 --> 00:32:51,891 Right. 612 00:32:51,995 --> 00:32:54,067 But I never was wanting to taunt one of them. 613 00:32:54,123 --> 00:32:54,723 Right. 614 00:32:54,891 --> 00:33:00,099 But I always seemed to want to taunt my younger cousins that were 615 00:33:00,219 --> 00:33:01,363 like, twice my size. 616 00:33:01,411 --> 00:33:03,171 Like, y'all know jar in here? 617 00:33:03,195 --> 00:33:03,395 Yeah. 618 00:33:03,427 --> 00:33:06,003 I used to tease that guy and pick on him all the time. 619 00:33:06,091 --> 00:33:07,043 It was kind of dumb of me. 620 00:33:07,051 --> 00:33:07,827 He's a really big guy. 621 00:33:07,843 --> 00:33:12,163 I don't know if you noticed that, but anyways, I cannot imagine. 622 00:33:12,291 --> 00:33:16,861 And I find it somewhat comical that David right here is taunting 623 00:33:16,925 --> 00:33:24,461 Goliath and says, let me just paraphrase real fast, dude, I don't 624 00:33:24,485 --> 00:33:27,245 know about to cut your head off. 625 00:33:27,317 --> 00:33:30,509 And, yeah, you're just gonna get eaten by all the wild animals. 626 00:33:30,669 --> 00:33:33,437 And by the way, your head's gonna be like a trophy for me. 627 00:33:33,493 --> 00:33:35,981 So if you read a little further in the Bible, you see that 628 00:33:36,005 --> 00:33:37,869 David kind of carries his head around for a few days. 629 00:33:37,909 --> 00:33:38,989 It's pretty awesome, right? 630 00:33:39,029 --> 00:33:40,865 But let's get back to it anyways. 631 00:33:41,037 --> 00:33:45,769 So I just love that David says that this day the Lord will deliver 632 00:33:45,809 --> 00:33:49,481 thee out into mine hand and I will smite thee and take thine head 633 00:33:49,505 --> 00:33:51,641 in front of me, and I will give the carcass of the host of the 634 00:33:51,665 --> 00:33:54,905 Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and the wild beast 635 00:33:55,017 --> 00:33:59,229 that the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 636 00:34:00,289 --> 00:34:06,089 David remembered when God gave him the victory in his lives, and 637 00:34:06,129 --> 00:34:09,269 that allowed him to rely on the Lord even more in his life. 638 00:34:10,389 --> 00:34:13,729 In other words, it gave David faith. 639 00:34:14,549 --> 00:34:15,373 What is faith? 640 00:34:15,421 --> 00:34:17,933 Well, faith is the substance of things hoped for and evidence 641 00:34:17,981 --> 00:34:20,009 of things not seen is what the Bible says. 642 00:34:21,669 --> 00:34:26,449 David stands against Goliath by leaning on the Lord. 643 00:34:27,749 --> 00:34:32,285 It's such an amazing passage here to see the faith of David. 644 00:34:32,477 --> 00:34:37,423 He is staring at a guy that is twice his size says that he's going 645 00:34:37,431 --> 00:34:38,459 to take him down. 646 00:34:38,999 --> 00:34:40,579 That's pretty amazing. 647 00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:44,207 And you know what? 648 00:34:44,343 --> 00:34:46,223 David doesn't have any. 649 00:34:46,391 --> 00:34:49,087 Doesn't show any sort of pride with what he says here. 650 00:34:49,223 --> 00:34:53,247 He says, this is what's going to happen, and it's because God wants 651 00:34:53,263 --> 00:34:54,095 to take you down. 652 00:34:54,167 --> 00:34:55,019 That's why. 653 00:34:55,799 --> 00:34:57,679 And it's nothing that I can do. 654 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,859 It's everything that God's going to do to you. 655 00:35:01,569 --> 00:35:03,869 And I'm just the vessel. 656 00:35:04,449 --> 00:35:06,749 He gives all the credit back to God. 657 00:35:08,049 --> 00:35:09,509 Let me ask you this. 658 00:35:11,489 --> 00:35:14,189 Where are the Christians standing against the giants? 659 00:35:21,169 --> 00:35:25,869 Has fear been the driving factor of Christianity in America? 660 00:35:32,059 --> 00:35:34,147 God has promised to give us power. 661 00:35:34,203 --> 00:35:37,971 In Acts 1a, it says, but ye shall receive power after that. 662 00:35:37,995 --> 00:35:41,875 The Holy Ghost has come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto 663 00:35:41,907 --> 00:35:45,875 me both in Jerusalem and in Judea and in Samaria and to the uttermost 664 00:35:45,907 --> 00:35:46,919 part of the earth. 665 00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:53,675 You know, fear was the main factor that kept me from surrendering 666 00:35:53,707 --> 00:35:54,799 my life to God. 667 00:36:00,179 --> 00:36:04,203 I don't blame a lot of these Israelite soldiers for being fearful 668 00:36:04,251 --> 00:36:05,467 of a giant. 669 00:36:05,643 --> 00:36:07,079 I don't really blame them. 670 00:36:09,779 --> 00:36:12,919 But every single one of them had the same opportunity David had. 671 00:36:14,259 --> 00:36:16,279 And David is the only one that took it. 672 00:36:19,149 --> 00:36:22,245 Tonight you have so many opportunities to make a difference 673 00:36:22,277 --> 00:36:23,249 in this world. 674 00:36:25,709 --> 00:36:28,169 It only matters if you take that opportunity. 675 00:36:32,189 --> 00:36:35,445 My youth pastor growing up was Brother Jesse Ladder. 676 00:36:35,477 --> 00:36:37,489 He was a youth pastor here for several years. 677 00:36:38,509 --> 00:36:41,221 And the last lesson that he gave me, I'll never forget it, is 678 00:36:41,245 --> 00:36:43,449 he said that potential is just a word. 679 00:36:45,319 --> 00:36:52,271 My last time hearing Brother Jesse speak to me directly, it was 680 00:36:52,295 --> 00:36:54,259 in a room full of seniors. 681 00:36:54,919 --> 00:36:58,783 And he says, you guys have all the potential in the world, but potential 682 00:36:58,831 --> 00:37:00,019 is just a word. 683 00:37:03,079 --> 00:37:06,031 What decisions are you making tonight that are keeping you from 684 00:37:06,055 --> 00:37:08,219 the potential God has for you? 685 00:37:10,929 --> 00:37:14,377 God has promised to stand with you, to give you the victory over 686 00:37:14,433 --> 00:37:15,989 any giant in your life. 687 00:37:17,169 --> 00:37:19,469 That doesn't mean life is going to be easy. 688 00:37:20,129 --> 00:37:24,041 God just says, hey, there's going to be some hard times in life, 689 00:37:24,065 --> 00:37:27,353 but you're going to be able to go through it because you're going 690 00:37:27,361 --> 00:37:28,469 to rely on me. 691 00:37:31,489 --> 00:37:32,105 I love. 692 00:37:32,177 --> 00:37:33,225 Let's read the rest of the passage. 693 00:37:33,257 --> 00:37:34,549 Let's see what happens here. 694 00:37:35,179 --> 00:37:38,399 Says in verse number 48. 695 00:37:39,339 --> 00:37:43,523 And it came to pass when the Philistine arose and came and drew 696 00:37:43,571 --> 00:37:45,239 nigh to meet David. 697 00:37:45,659 --> 00:37:49,955 And David hasted and ran toward the army to meet the Philistines. 698 00:37:50,147 --> 00:37:52,019 He's running towards the giant. 699 00:37:52,179 --> 00:37:57,395 And David put his hand in his bag and took thence a stone and slang 700 00:37:57,427 --> 00:38:01,843 it and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk 701 00:38:01,891 --> 00:38:05,559 into his forehead and he fell upon his face to the earth. 702 00:38:05,979 --> 00:38:10,419 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with 703 00:38:10,459 --> 00:38:14,419 a stone and smote the Philistine and slew him. 704 00:38:14,539 --> 00:38:18,035 But there was no sword in the hand of David. 705 00:38:18,067 --> 00:38:20,595 I love how the Bible is driving that point home. 706 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:22,435 David did not have a sword in his hand. 707 00:38:22,507 --> 00:38:24,995 He used the sling and the stone. 708 00:38:25,107 --> 00:38:28,051 And it says here in verse number 41, it says, Therefore David 709 00:38:28,115 --> 00:38:33,401 ran, stood upon the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out 710 00:38:33,425 --> 00:38:37,577 of the sheath thereof and slew him and cut off his head wherewith. 711 00:38:37,753 --> 00:38:42,829 And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. 712 00:38:44,369 --> 00:38:50,553 What an amazing victory that God gave Israel and God gave David 713 00:38:50,601 --> 00:38:51,429 this day. 714 00:38:52,849 --> 00:38:55,879 I would love to to be able to see this scene. 715 00:39:01,899 --> 00:39:06,959 Like I alluded to before, we're all facing giants in our lives. 716 00:39:08,939 --> 00:39:11,359 Maybe some of them are more serious than others. 717 00:39:14,379 --> 00:39:21,773 As you know, I myself am potentially staring at the face of 718 00:39:21,781 --> 00:39:23,129 a giant in my life. 719 00:39:25,909 --> 00:39:32,781 Our son Henry was born with a heart murmur and he has a VSD is 720 00:39:32,805 --> 00:39:34,461 what they call it, in his heart. 721 00:39:34,645 --> 00:39:37,969 That is a hole between the two, the left and right ventricle. 722 00:39:38,869 --> 00:39:40,445 And what that does is that. 723 00:39:40,517 --> 00:39:47,179 And long story short, it can inflate his heart on his left ventricle 724 00:39:48,399 --> 00:39:50,979 and that could cause his heart to work really hard. 725 00:39:51,519 --> 00:39:55,059 And it also caused his lungs to work harder at times. 726 00:39:56,399 --> 00:39:59,639 Back in January, we had him checked out to see what was going 727 00:39:59,679 --> 00:39:59,927 on. 728 00:39:59,983 --> 00:40:05,351 That's when they told us this and they said if it doesn't start 729 00:40:05,375 --> 00:40:08,539 to close, we're looking at open heart surgery. 730 00:40:14,169 --> 00:40:15,789 And it terrifies me. 731 00:40:18,009 --> 00:40:21,169 I do not want to have to put my 7 month old son through open heart 732 00:40:21,209 --> 00:40:21,989 surgery. 733 00:40:25,529 --> 00:40:29,681 As some of you may know, Henry has spent two different times in 734 00:40:29,705 --> 00:40:32,309 the hospital because of respiratory illness. 735 00:40:33,209 --> 00:40:35,905 And a lot of the doctors have told us that it's probably because 736 00:40:35,977 --> 00:40:40,779 his when his vsd, because he has this situation that when he does 737 00:40:40,819 --> 00:40:43,599 get sick he kind of, it hits him a little harder. 738 00:40:45,859 --> 00:40:49,787 And our prayer is that God would start to close the hole because 739 00:40:49,923 --> 00:40:54,171 the doctors give us hope by saying if it starts to close, he 740 00:40:54,195 --> 00:40:57,995 doesn't look like the typical VSD baby. 741 00:40:58,027 --> 00:41:00,959 I guess you could say he's actually thriving in a lot of ways. 742 00:41:03,779 --> 00:41:06,539 But they said that if it doesn't start to close that we are 743 00:41:06,579 --> 00:41:08,159 looking at open heart surgery. 744 00:41:12,009 --> 00:41:22,449 I'm praying that I don't have to face that, but you know, if I 745 00:41:22,489 --> 00:41:31,521 do, I hope that I run towards it like goliath like David ran to 746 00:41:31,545 --> 00:41:36,079 Goliath and just rely on God. 747 00:41:40,579 --> 00:41:46,559 You know, the Bible is full of people that had every opportunity, 748 00:41:47,139 --> 00:41:53,559 had every chance to turn and run because of fear in their lives, 749 00:41:55,059 --> 00:42:02,149 but they didn't, whatever it was, that God had some sort of plan 750 00:42:02,189 --> 00:42:02,965 for them in their life. 751 00:42:03,037 --> 00:42:05,541 I'm not trying to draw attention to my life at all, please 752 00:42:05,565 --> 00:42:07,649 don't get me wrong there. 753 00:42:08,509 --> 00:42:11,605 But God just gave them so much grace and mercy. 754 00:42:11,797 --> 00:42:16,405 And those people who are just like you and me stood their ground 755 00:42:16,477 --> 00:42:17,769 against every trial. 756 00:42:20,909 --> 00:42:23,689 I think of Moses standing before Pharaoh. 757 00:42:26,519 --> 00:42:33,567 I think of Joseph being sold into slavery, not knowing what his 758 00:42:33,623 --> 00:42:38,579 life was about to look like, but still living for God. 759 00:42:40,519 --> 00:42:45,087 I think of Noah and how God says he's going to flood the whole 760 00:42:45,183 --> 00:42:49,379 earth and it's up to him to build an ark to save humanity. 761 00:42:52,929 --> 00:42:56,269 I think of Esther standing before the king. 762 00:42:57,489 --> 00:42:58,313 She could die. 763 00:42:58,361 --> 00:43:01,309 And she said, if I perish, I perish. 764 00:43:05,649 --> 00:43:07,113 I wonder what happened tonight. 765 00:43:07,161 --> 00:43:13,209 If we had Christians stand up against the giants and said, you 766 00:43:13,249 --> 00:43:14,069 know what? 767 00:43:14,929 --> 00:43:19,521 God has given me so many victories in my life, I'm not going 768 00:43:19,545 --> 00:43:22,629 to fear, I'm going to have faith. 769 00:43:24,569 --> 00:43:28,241 Although the Bible in the Bible, many men and women had the 770 00:43:28,265 --> 00:43:32,801 opportunity and even the understanding of fleeing from trials, 771 00:43:32,865 --> 00:43:35,709 tests and the giants in their own lives. 772 00:43:36,569 --> 00:43:41,069 But they stood for God and God stood with them. 773 00:43:42,649 --> 00:43:43,769 Let me ask you this. 774 00:43:43,849 --> 00:43:46,549 It's the same question I asked you at the start. 775 00:43:48,449 --> 00:43:52,749 Are we living by fear or by faith? 776 00:43:54,369 --> 00:43:59,353 The three keys to facing the giants in your life is recognizing 777 00:43:59,401 --> 00:44:04,629 the cause that we have in our lives, the purpose of why we're here, 778 00:44:05,169 --> 00:44:07,929 remembering that God has brought us victories throughout our 779 00:44:07,969 --> 00:44:08,789 whole life. 780 00:44:10,059 --> 00:44:14,959 And then all we have to do is rely on him to take us through it. 781 00:44:17,899 --> 00:44:21,799 Rely on God when you're facing the giants. 782 00:44:23,659 --> 00:44:26,755 As our musicians come, every head bowed, every eye closed. 783 00:44:26,787 --> 00:44:29,879 I don't know where you're at in life tonight. 784 00:44:33,899 --> 00:44:35,977 I don't know what you're going through in life. 785 00:44:36,163 --> 00:44:36,829 I don't try. 786 00:44:36,869 --> 00:44:39,329 I'm not trying to draw attention to my life tonight. 787 00:44:41,589 --> 00:44:46,461 But I know some of you in here may have be facing some giants in 788 00:44:46,485 --> 00:44:47,289 your life. 789 00:44:51,109 --> 00:44:53,529 Maybe the trials and tests are coming. 790 00:44:55,189 --> 00:44:59,169 My prayer for you tonight is that you will not run in fear. 791 00:44:59,989 --> 00:45:04,699 You will face it and rely on God. 792 00:45:06,319 --> 00:45:09,059 You stand with God and he will stand with you. 793 00:45:11,359 --> 00:45:14,535 Lord, just want to thank you again for the night you gave us tonight. 794 00:45:14,567 --> 00:45:17,415 Thank you for every man and woman that was here tonight. 795 00:45:17,447 --> 00:45:20,535 Lord, I pray you give them a blessing for being here tonight. 796 00:45:20,567 --> 00:45:21,159 Lord. 797 00:45:21,319 --> 00:45:22,583 Lord, thank you for this message. 798 00:45:22,631 --> 00:45:25,819 Thank you for speaking to even my heart through it, Lord. 799 00:45:26,399 --> 00:45:29,223 Lord, help us to always rely on you when we're facing the giants. 800 00:45:29,271 --> 00:45:33,455 Help us to recognize our cause and help us to remember the victories 801 00:45:33,487 --> 00:45:36,159 that you have given us in our lives, that you can give us another 802 00:45:36,199 --> 00:45:37,039 one, Lord. 803 00:45:37,199 --> 00:45:39,711 Lord, I pray for the many men, women who are here. 804 00:45:39,895 --> 00:45:41,631 If they're going through something in their life, Lord, I 805 00:45:41,655 --> 00:45:44,431 pray you'd provide for them and you give them strength and courage. 806 00:45:44,495 --> 00:45:45,919 Lord, we love you. 807 00:45:45,959 --> 00:45:46,223 Lord. 808 00:45:46,271 --> 00:45:48,783 Please be with the rest of our service in Jennifer pray. 809 00:45:48,911 --> 00:45:49,199 Amen.