The Godly Gazette

Know God

David is the best-known giant killer in history, but he was virtually unknown before he met Goliath. He was, in fact, an ordinary shepherd boy. Perhaps the only remarkable thing about him was that he developed his relationship with God while tending his father’s sheep. David knew God.

Certainly, there were many men in Israel who appeared more qualified to tackle Goliath, but they only knew about God. When you know God, you will be prepared to do extraordinary things and will experience victory over the problems - even the giant-sized ones - in your life.

David also understood the power of his covenant with God. The covenant said, “You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you” (Leviticus 26:7). And it said, “No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life” (Joshua 1:5).

Those promises could have worked for anyone in Israel, but David was the only one who believed them and exercised his faith. He fully believed that all of God’s promises belonged to him as a benefit of the covenant.

Marriage is one example of a covenant. At the moment Jeanie and I said our vows, what was mine became hers, and what was hers became mine. Our covenant gave her the authority, with one stroke of the pen, to write a check for everything I had. Similarly, when you are born again, you are in covenant with God through the blood of Jesus Christ. Everything you have becomes His, and His unlimited resources become available to you. Your problems are now His, and every promise in the Bible is yours.

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