What is your Goliath

First Samuel 17:1. Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh. 2.. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3..And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4..And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5..And he had a helment of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 6. And had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. 7..And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and one bearing a shield went before him 8. And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9..If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. 10..And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
As I read this God let me see many battles that we all have fought. We know that God has always won for us and we have shouted the victory. Verse nine, who ever lost the battle, would be servants to the army that won. Same in the spiritual battle, if we lose we become the devils servant. I don't want to be the devils servant. Because he is cruel and out for one thing. To still, kill and to destroy. He knows you have royal blood and he will be cruel, as he can be to you. He will do every thing he can to destroy you, while he has you in his grip. Oh Lord, thank you for teaching me how to stay above the storm, to where the devil can't reach me, with his unmerciful spirit.
I could cry my heart out and he could care less. Jesus name is a strong tower and the righteous run into it and are safe. We have got to learn how to run into that tower. I can help you, if you want to know. God has been letting me get in the ring, with some of the most powerful spirits that saten has. And I have had to learn for my self how to run into that tower. He is only doing it to mold me and teach me. He want let nothing happen to us that we can't handle. You have to learn, what you have can defeat any devil. You just have to learn, how to use it.
11..When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Most well trained soldiers in God's army are cowards. God is raising up a Joseph army, that is not going to be afraid of hells army.
12..Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-Juda, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
13..And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons that went to battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the thrid Shammah.
14..And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
Look at all these warriors now, that is trying to fight in the natural. Everyone is wanting to work for God long as they can do it in the flesh. They don't want to carry the cross. They want pray, fast, read to set the people free. To defeat the devil. They run a head of God, want wait on him, they do it their way. That is why nothing ever works out for them. The church is operated in the carnal. A child could run it. It is all flesh. Singing, preaching, youth groups all carnal and don't amount to nothing.
15..But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
16..And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17..And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren a epha of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy bethren;
18..And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
19..Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20..And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
21..For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
22. And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
23..And he talked with them, behold there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words; and David heard them.
24..And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
25..And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his fathers house free in Israel.
26..And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncirumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
27..And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28..And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. See how the enemy started making fun on him as he always does us, to turn us back. He does everything in his power to stop us, from defeating the battle were in. To keep you from using what God has put in us.
29..And David said, what have I now done? is there not a cause?
30..And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner; and the people answered him again after the former manner.
31..And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
32..And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33..And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
Keep in mind carnal ways of doing things and God's way with his anointing. Do it in your self and lose or with his anointing and win.
34..And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35..And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. God had been training and molding him and he knew what God could do. The one talking it has to be walking it. Not just reading and talking about the Bible, and trying to teach it to everyone. But some one that, has been in the battle and knows what God will do. People can tell the difference in the two. One talking about the Bible and the other one living and walking the Bible. The one that has been in the real battle, and has fought and wrestled with hells emps.
and defeated them in the name of the Lord.
36..Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37..David said moreover the Lord that delivered me out ot the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
38..And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39..And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go. for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
40.. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones, out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistines.
41..And when the Philistine look about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43..And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44.. And the Philistine said to David, come me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beast of the field.
Goliath was belittled by David, he looked like an ant, beside him. No doubt he had killed and defeated a lot of God's people that was to lazy to seek God. But he was fixing to meet one that was prayed up and had the keys to the kingdom and not only had them but was using them. Not just talking it but walking it.
45..Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. You can't just use his name, you have to get in his name. Or it want work.
46..This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give carcases of e host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47..And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's and he will give you into out hands.
48..And it came to pass when the Philistines arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David that David hasted, and ran toware the army to meet the Philistine.
Look next what a small thing God worked with to defeat the gaint. Why? So all would know that it was not David, but it was God in the stone that killed Goliath.
He takes the little things to confound the wise. God can take a nobody and make a some body out of them. Do you want a church and don't have the money to buy one, all we need is faith. He will make a way where there is no way.
Don't listen to discouraging spirits, wait and trust Him.
49..And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote, the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
50..So David prevailed over the Philistine with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51..Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. GOD TOOK A TINY LITTLE STONE AND WORKED A MIRACLE. HE CAN TAKE OUR LITTLE, AND PREFORM MIRACLES ALSO.