Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Waking Up To Miracles
Recently I heard someone recount the story of the 1980 US Hockey Team. It was truly an amazing story about a leader’s commitment to being someone that made a difference. There are a number of stories like this throughout history where an individual knew they were meant to do something special, and they never gave up on that something special. In the end they helped many, which in turn helped them. David’s story is one such story. He faced Goliath.
1 Samuel 17:43 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 to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
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.
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 the carcases of the 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 our hands.
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
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 sling and 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 him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
David knew His God, Yahuah (Lord), would not turn away from the fight. He knew His God would win. In the end, David knocked Goliath out with a pebble, and then killed him with his own sword. The very thing that he meant to kill David with became the tool of his own destruction.
This morning I woke up realizing that I know an elderly widow, who is on the verge of having her family home taken by the bank, to keep her home. I tried to go back to sleep, but could not. Perhaps today I help her to become David, slaying the Goliath, the bank. Keep her in your prayers. Her name is Helen.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are the One True King. Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your kingdom and will come to this earth. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up from the inside. Deliver us from the evil that steals and destroys. Today, deliver Helen from the evil of the financial matrix. Help us, O King; rise up with anger in Your nostrils and deliver Your people from the thief that has stolen and is stealing from Your people. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.