Sunday Re Cap (3rd Oct 2010)

POWER TO FACE YOUR GIANTS Pt 2

Text: 1 Sam 17:40,45

The 5 smooth stones:
5 speak of the grace of God. David was an untrained youth with no titles, reputation.He defeated the mighty Goliath a trained warrior from youth (v33). We can't defeat our Goliath with our own strength, position, reputation, creativity, ideas. The only way is through the unmerited favour and enablement of God! When we are connected, we are anointed and enabled with power!

We are like the smooth stones:

1Pet 2:5
you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

They were fashioned by the elements of nature. We are fashioned by the elements of circumstances, the hardships, the challenges that we face over time. Not easy to make stones smooth. Probably took a long time to become smooth being battered all around. As we receive the comfort of the Father, we are able to minister to others around us who are in similar circumstances. 2 Cor 1:3-4.

They were 5 stones and not one stone. This speaks about community. We cannot do it alone but we need one another. There are times we will rub against one another but it is for the good as it will shape us. 1 John 1:7; Heb 10:24-25; Eph 4:3

They were in the brook. The waters speak of the Holy Spirit. In spite of all the hardships and battering, they remained in the Holy Spirit. The stones happened to be in that particular brook; LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. We sometimes wonder what we are doing here or how we got here (in front of Goliath). We can question, murmur, and grumble about our position here and about the Goliath before us. However, if the stones were somewhere else, they would have remained just stones (STONED). Praise GOD they were there and when the time was right, they could be used!

We are living stones in the hand of the Father. It is the Father who gives us the strength, accuracy and direction to defeat the taunting of every "Giant" we face in our lives.

Samuel Hari @ GROW BM