The Stone from the Flowing Stream

thinking about David and what he was doing there at the battlefield...

he was sent by his father Jesse to bring bread and grain to his brothers. The Bible says he would go back and forth from the battlefield to visit his brothers.

for forty days, Goliath would day and night take his stand and defy the armies of the living God.

Goliath had determination, and defied and mocked Israel day and night for forty days!! 40 straight days! But the Israelites did nothing!

But one day, David heard Goliath's threats. Right away he asked "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?" And as for the Israelite soldiers "when they saw the man, they all ran from him in great fear."

there was fear in the Israelites, but there was no fear in David, because he knew the battle is the Lord's and victory was sure.

When his brother Eliab burned with anger at David, calling him "conceited" and saying he was only there to watch the battle, that is when David answered," Now what have I done? Is there not a cause?"

like David we should walk by faith, confidently believing in the Lord.
we do not run from the enemy. we hear his defiance of the Lord and say," let no one lose heart on account of this enemy...I will go and fight him." The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. We fight a spiritual battle. And not just our own "personal battle" or a personal "struggle", but a battle for our nation, for souls, for generations. The Lord seeks those who will stand in the gap.. like David we say, is there not a cause?

The victory has been won by the Lord Jesus 2000 years ago. Knowing this, we need to advance the kingdom of God...the kingdom of God is forcefully advancing...and the violent shall take it by force.

The stone that killed Goliath wasn't a heavy stone. Goliath's skull wasn't particularly weak either. David's arm wasn't very big either, he was a boy. But the stone was anointed by the Holy Spirit, David picked it from the middle of a flowing stream, a type of the Living Water, the Lord Himself...And that is how the stone killed Goliath...it was soaked in God.