Goliath
Good morning. It's been a hot second since I've sat down to write a blog post. It isn't fun to get up at 5 to make time to do it but I think I need to start again. I remember when I started doing this crazy morning routine for lent in 2018, and I felt such a sense of purpose. I'm getting ready to start taking online classes at IWU and I am hoping to have a more disciplined schedule, and so this is my first attempt.
In the sermon at church on Sunday, the pastor was preaching on David vs. Goliath. I've been thinking about the message since then, trying to figure out what it means for me. As I re-read the passage this morning I kept thinking how, with worldly wisdom, this just doesn't make sense. David looked CRAZY. I also keep thinking about how much I feel like David facing a Goliath right now. I think Goliath is life... There is SO MUCH going on that I haven't shared a lot because I am honestly not sure what to share. I don't know what it means or what to do with it or about it. So many things have happened since June. I don't know which way is up or what the next move should be. I may go into more detail later, but this isn't about me.
Pastor Cory said a phrase that I would like to know more about... "Invoking the third party." When David was ready for battle, he basically refused to fight. I mean sure, he had the sling and the stones... But Goliath was a monster... and David stood there, almost taunting him... Goliath was ticked off and offended that this young kid was who the Philistines sent to fight. He curses David and says he's going to rip David to shreds and feed him to animals. Yikes (Someone has anger issues..)
Davids response:
David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I"ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. All those who gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's and He will give all of you into our hands.
Samuel 17:45-47
You come ready to fight, and I'm going to stand here and let God fight you.
God will defeat you and I will cut your head off with your own sword.
Crazy, right?
Back to life... If I apply this hands off method of trusting God to fight my battles, do I also get to cut of their heads with their own swords? How do I invoke the third party? How can I actually stop fighting and trust God to move? I don't know how to do that??
Money/Budgeting = Goliath
Housing = Goliath
Knowing how to respond/react to certain situations = Goliath
God has told me time and time again lately to be still, trust, wait, listen, and now to quit fighting. But I still don't feel like I know how to actually quit...
I usually wrap these things up a little more neatly but this time I'll leave it open for discussion. How do you give God total control without things spiraling out of control? How do you quit fighting and let God fight for you?
In the sermon at church on Sunday, the pastor was preaching on David vs. Goliath. I've been thinking about the message since then, trying to figure out what it means for me. As I re-read the passage this morning I kept thinking how, with worldly wisdom, this just doesn't make sense. David looked CRAZY. I also keep thinking about how much I feel like David facing a Goliath right now. I think Goliath is life... There is SO MUCH going on that I haven't shared a lot because I am honestly not sure what to share. I don't know what it means or what to do with it or about it. So many things have happened since June. I don't know which way is up or what the next move should be. I may go into more detail later, but this isn't about me.
Pastor Cory said a phrase that I would like to know more about... "Invoking the third party." When David was ready for battle, he basically refused to fight. I mean sure, he had the sling and the stones... But Goliath was a monster... and David stood there, almost taunting him... Goliath was ticked off and offended that this young kid was who the Philistines sent to fight. He curses David and says he's going to rip David to shreds and feed him to animals. Yikes (Someone has anger issues..)
Davids response:
David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I"ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. All those who gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's and He will give all of you into our hands.
Samuel 17:45-47
You come ready to fight, and I'm going to stand here and let God fight you.
God will defeat you and I will cut your head off with your own sword.
Crazy, right?
Back to life... If I apply this hands off method of trusting God to fight my battles, do I also get to cut of their heads with their own swords? How do I invoke the third party? How can I actually stop fighting and trust God to move? I don't know how to do that??
Money/Budgeting = Goliath
Housing = Goliath
Knowing how to respond/react to certain situations = Goliath
God has told me time and time again lately to be still, trust, wait, listen, and now to quit fighting. But I still don't feel like I know how to actually quit...
I usually wrap these things up a little more neatly but this time I'll leave it open for discussion. How do you give God total control without things spiraling out of control? How do you quit fighting and let God fight for you?
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