0282 Giant Killer

GIANT KILLER

Matthew 12:29; Numbers 13:27-33; 1 Samuel 17:32-33

Giant is in your promise land (you can’t get diploma without test) Israel had giants in their promise land; David had giants in his promise land; Jesus had giants in His promise land You will have giants in your promise land Giants will be defeated by God’s power not yours

Giants stand at the door to the next level of your life (test leads into new grade) Israel went to new level (milk and honey); David went as well (no taxes, wife, relative to king); Jesus (has us) Those who don’t overcome giant stay in the same level of their life Israel gloried their past and complained about their present but refused to enter their future Israel glorified their past (went away from future) but David used his past (went forward toward future)

Giants sort people out (tests sort smart and dumb) Giants make unbelievers fearful but believers mad; goats and sheep; religious and spiritual; fearful from faithful Flail separates chaff from wheat; fire separates gold from dirt; storm separates wise from foolish Relationship with God is revealed by reaction toward giants People who fear God will not fear giants (what you fear you can’t conquer) Two sides: fear and faith; God and giant; promise and problem; hardships and reward Faith looks at the problem through the promise but fear looks at the promise through the promise It doesn’t take a lot of faith to complain, boast, ran; it takes faith to prophecy to dead bones, or call yourself Abraham

Giants fall when God uses what we have (tests are completed when we use what we know) Bone, rod, 5 loaves of bread, water for wine, cake, jar of oil What you have will always look silly to others; don’t be embarrassed or apologize for your sling shot