1 SAMUEL 17:12-29 YOUR GIANT IS YOUR PLACE

INTRODUCTION

ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS TO GO THROUGH IS TRANSITION

AS WE LIVE LIFE, WE CAN KNOW FOR ASSURITY THAT CHANGES WILL COME

HOW YOU DEAL WITH THOSE CHANGES DETERMINE HOW WELL YOU GO FROM ONE STAGE TO ANOTHER

AS SOON AS YOU GET RELAXED IN ONE PLACE IN LIFE, YOU WILL BE MOVED TO THE NEXT STAGE

IN TRANSITION IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE A SENSE OF SECURITY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT WHERE YOU WERE AND YOU HAVEN’T REACHED WHERE YOU ARE GOING

AND WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO FROM POINT A TO POINT B

BUT WE CAN BE SURE THAT GOD WILL MOVE US ALONG AS HE IS A MOVING GOD

THE SPIRIT MOVED UPON THE FACE OF THE WATERS

AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO WALK WITH GOD, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO MOVE

YOU CANNOT STAY IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE

GOD WILL PULL YOU OUT OF TO TAKE YOU INTO AND LIKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN A WILDERNESS BUILDING TENTS AND NOT HOUSES

THEY WERE IN TENTS BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THEIR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE WILL NOT LAST

MANY TIMES GOD WILL SHOW YOU ABOUT YOUR SHALL BE WHILE YOU ARE PRAYING ABOUT YOUR IS

IT IS HARD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GOD ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE GOING WHEN YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE

THE TIMES THAT WE ARE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW REQUIRE FAITH FOR YOU TO SUCCEED

AS SURE AS YOU HAVE A FRIEND, THEY CHANGE ON YOU

AS SOON AS YOU HAVE A JOB, THEY DOWNSIZE

AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE SHAKES

AND YOU HAVE TO DECIDE, WILL I LET THIS KILL ME OR WILL I USE IT TO MOVE FROM ONE DIMENSION TO ANOTHER

I HAVE TO MOVE BECAUSE GOD HAS A PLAN FOR MY LIFE

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THE ONE THING THAT WAS CERTAIN ABOUT DAVID IS THAT GOD HAD A PLAN FOR HIS LIFE

HE WAS IN THE LITTLE STAGES OF THAT PLAN

THE PLAN WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT

THIS WAS A STRATEGY THAT GOD HAS BEEN WORKING OUT FOR SOME TIME

IT STARTED WITH RUTH BACK IN BETHLEHEM WHEN SHE MARRIED BOAZ AND THE HAD OBED AND JESSE AND DAVID

GOD HAD TO GET EVERYONE INTO THE RIGHT PLACE

DAVID IS NOW THE EIGHTH SON OF JESSE, HE IS THE YOUNGEST SON OF JESSE

HIS OTHER SONS HAD GONE TO THE BATTLEFIELD TO FIGHT

THEY ARE PREFERRED OVER DAVID AS HE IS OVERLOOKED BY HIS FAMILY AND IGNORED BY OTHERS, YET GOD HAS A STRATEGY FOR HIS LIFE

GOD USES PEOPLE THE MOTH THAT OTHER PEOPLE OVERLOOK

WHILE SOME ARE FIGHTING FOR THE STAGE AND LONGING FOR THE LIGHT OTHERS WILL RUN PAST WHOM GOD WILL USE THE MOST

IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE YOU COME FROM THE BACKGROUND TO THE FRONT

GOD WILL PREPARE YOU FOR GREATNESS WHILE YOU ARE STILL IN HIDING

GOD WILL PUT A VISION INTO YOUR SPIRIT THAT DOES NOT FIT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHERE YOU WILL BE TOMORROW

GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE

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DAVID HAS BIG DREAMS IN A SMALL SITUATION

DAVID IS TENDING SHEEP IN THE PASTURE

BUT HE WORSHIPS LIKE NO OTHER

HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN SCRIPTURE THAT GOD SAYS HAS A HEART AFTER HIS OWN HEART

HE IS CHOSEN, SELECTED, HAND PICKED BY GOD

HE IS OPUT WORSHIPING DANCING, PRAISING GOD OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

GIFTED PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS STRANGE

THEY NEVER FIT IN WITH OTHER PEOPLE

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THEM THAT STANDS OUT, THE WAY THEY MOVE, THE WAY THEY ACT

IF YOU ARE GIFTED YOU HAVE TO STOP TRYING TO FIT IN WITH EVERYONE AND HAVE THE BOLDNESS TO BE DIFFERENT

PEOPLE DON’T FOLLOW ORDINARY, THEY FOLLOW EXTRAORDINARY

SOME OF YOU ARE EXTRAORDINARY THAT IS WHY YOU DON’T FIT IN WITH YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, COMMUNITY

PEOPLE DON’T LIKE YOU, YOUR HAIR, THE WAY YOU DRESS

BUT GOD HAS SET YOU ASIDE SO THAT HE CAN USE YOU IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY

DAVID IS THE YOUNGEST SON, GIFTED, WRITING POETRY, CREATING INSTRUMENTS, BUT ALSO MAN ENOUGH TO BE A WARRIOR AND KILL A LION AND A BEAR TO SAVE A SHEEP WITHOUT HARMING THE LAMB

DAVID WAS POWERFUL AND MIGHTY THAT HE TOOK OUTCAST MEN AND MADE AN ARMY THAT WAS ELITE

YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE A GREAT LEADER WHEN YOU CAN TAKE LESS AND DO MORE WITH IT

ANYONE CAN LEAD A GROUP AOF GIFTED PEOPLE

HE KNOWS THAT GOD WILL USE HIM IN A MIGHTY WAY BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHEN AND NOT KNOW HOW

HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS A KING’S ANOINTING ON THE HEAD OF A KID

HE WAS MORE ANOINTED IN HIS SPIRIT THAN HE IS IN HIS CIRCUMSTANCE

CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNDERDEVELOPED BUT HIS ANOINTING IS PROGRESSIVE

SOMETIMES GOD WILL GIVE YOU AN ANOINTING THAT DOESN’T FIT YOUR SITUATION

THAT’S WHY PEOPLE ARE JEALOUS OF YOU, BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE KID BUT THEY DON’T SEE THAT THERE IS A KING INSIDE THE KID

GOD HAS GIVEN YOU AN ANOINTING THAT DOESN’T FIT YOUR SITUATION

BUT GOD HAS GOT YOU COVERED

YOU HAVE A GIFTING, AN ANOINTING THAT IS LIKE BREAD

WHEN THEY PUT THE HEAT UPON YOU, YOU RISE

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING TO GET TO YOUR PROMISE

AND IF YOU DON’T GO THROUGH THIS YOU WOULD NEVER GET THAT

WE HAVE DAVID WHO IS SENT AS A DELIVERY BOY DOWN LUNCH TO HIS BROTHERS

AND DAVID COMES TO THE BATTLE AS A MESSENGER

IMAGINE IF DAVID WOULD HAVE SAID, I AM TOO ANOINTED TO DO THIS

I AM TOO GIFTED TO DO SOMETHING SO SMALL AND ORDINARY

BUT YOU CANNOT DESPISE THE DAY OF SMALL BEGINNINGS

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU START, IT MATTERS WHERE YOU FINISH

IN ORDER TO MOVE TO THE PLACE, YOU HAVE TO LOWER YOUR PRIDE AND BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT GOD GIVES

WHATEVER YOU ARE, THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, I’M GOING TO LET IT SHINE

AND HIS FIRST JOB IS NOT COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY

HIS FIRST JOB IS A DELIVERY BOY

BUT GOD WILL USE WHATEVER HE CAN TO SHIFT YOU, BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO SHIFT YOU INTO YOUR DESTINY

HE COMES TO WHERE THE SOLDIERS ARE AND HE OVERHEARS THE CONVERSATION

THEY WERE NOT TALKING TO HIM BUT GOD PUT HIM IN AN ENVIRONMENT TO ENETER INTO A HIGHER LEVEL CONVERSATION

SOMETIMES GOD WILL BRING YOU INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT TO EXPOSE YOU TO A HIGHER CONVERSATION, BECAUSE IF YOU ALWAYS ARE WHERE YOU ALWAYS ARE YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE WHAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE

BUT GOD WILL SHIFT YOU OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE SO YOU CAN HEAR ON ANOTHER LEVEL

SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO SHIFT TODAY

GOD HAS BEEN PREPARING YOU ALL OF YOUR LIFE

BUT PEOPLE WILL HATE YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE THEM

THEY LOVE YOU WHEN YOU ARE WITH THEM BUT WHEN YOU GET READY TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL THEY GET AN ATTITUDE

BUT SET YOUR FACE LIKE FLINT AND MOVE FORWARD

DAVID HEARS THIS CONVERSATION HOW THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE

DAVID IS THE ONE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AND THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW IT

SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR YOU AND THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR YOU

SOMEONE IS ASKING GOD FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BUT THEY DON’T KNOW YOUR NAME YET

BUT GOD IS ABOUT READY TO REVEAL YOUR NAME AND PUT YOU CENTER STAGE SO THAT HE CAN FULFILL HIS PURPOSE

AND HE WILL DO IT WHILE YOU ARE DOING ORDINARY STUFF

YOU DON’T HAVE TO PLAY GAMES, MANIPULATE

GOD IS JUST GOING TO MOVE YOU FOR THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD

GET READY FOR A CHANGE, BREAKTHROUGH, SUPERNATURAL RELEASE

DAVID CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF THE KING’S REWRDS

THE KING SAYS WHOEVER KILLS GOLIATH, I WILL DO 3 THINGS FOR:

I WILL MAKE YOU WEALTHY-JUST THE WAY THAT HE SAVED YOUR SOUL, HE IS GOING TO SAVE YOUR CHECKBOOK

I WILL SAVE YOUR FINANCES

I WILL RESTORE YOUR WEALTH

ALL THE YEARS THAT THE LOCUST, CATERPILLAR....

YOU DON’T HAVE TO PRAISE HIM BECAUSE YOPU DIDN’T LOSE ANYTHING BUT I LOST A FEW THINGS, SO I WILL BLESS THE LORD.

2. I WILL GIVE MY DAUGHTER-THEY LIVED IN A CASTE SYSTEM AND DAVID WAS IN A DIFFERENT CLASS OF PEOPLE

HE WAS NOT CONSIDERED A HIGH INDIVIDUAL

BUT HE SAID, NOT ONLY WILL I SHIFT YOUR PROSPERITY, BUT I WILL CHANGE YOUR POSITION

I WILL CHANGE THE WAY THAT PEOPLE SEE YOU

IT IS GOING TO BE A QUICK CHANGE AND IT WILL NOT BE BY MIGHT, NOR POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT SAYS THE LORD

I’M GOING TO SHIFT YOU AND IT WILL HAPPEN SO FAST THAT YOU WON’T EVEN HAVE THE CLOTHES

3.YOUR FAMILY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY TAXES-WHEN YOU COME OUT, IT WILL AFFECT EVERYTHING THAT IS CONNECTED TO YOU

EVERYTHING AROUND YOU

WHEN I BRING YOU OUT, I WILL BRING YOUR HUSBAND OUT, WIFE OUT, CHILDREN OUT, FAMILY, BUSINESS OUT, IDEAS OUT

YOUR CUP WILL RUN OVER

EVERYTHING TOUCHING YOU IS ABOUT READY TO BE BLESSED

DAVID SAYS, WHO IS THIS UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINE THAT SHOULD DEFY THE ARMIES OF THE LORD

DAVID WASN’T JUST BOLD, HE WAS STRATEGIC

THERE WAS A REWARD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BATTLE

THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HE NEEDED TO GET THROUGH TO GET TO THE NEXT PLACE IN HIS LIFE

HE SAID, IF YOU DON’T WANT IT, YOU DON’T, YOU DON’T---I’LL GO

IF I HAVE TO GO SCARED, BROKE, BY MYSELF

ARE YOU GOING

GOLIATH IS NOT DAVID’S PROBLEM, GOLIATH IS DAVID’S PROMISE

DAVID’S PROBLEM IS REALLY SAUL

DAVID SPENT MANY YEARS FIGHTING SAUL

THAT WHICH YOU KILL EASILY IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM

THE GIANT IS USED AS AN ENTRY INTO THE NEXT DIMENSION

THERE IS AN ENTRY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR BREAKTHROUGH

THERE IS A PLACE OF ENTRY FOR YOU

THE GIANT IS A SIGN THAT YOU ARE AT THE RIGHT PLACE

THE GIANT IS NOT THERE TO KILL YOU

THE GIANT IS THERE SO THAT YOU CAN KILL HIM

THE GIANT IS YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR GOD TO OPEN UP THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING

WHEN I SEE AN OBSTACLE, I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY

WHERE I SEE AN OPPOSITION, I SEE A TRANSITION

I’M IN THE PLACE

I’M IN THE PLACE

GOD SAYS, I’M GOING TO USE WHAT YOU GOT TO GET YOU WHAT YOU WANT

DAVID TOOK WHAT HE USED IN HIS PAST TO KILL WHAT HE FACED IN HIS FUTURE

IT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT LITTLE IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT

DAVID DID NOT KILL GOLIATH WITH A SLLINGSHOT

HE KNOCKED THE GIANT OUT WITH WHAT HE USED BEFORE, THEN HE RAN OVER AND GRABBED THE SWORDS

HE USED WHAT THE ENEMY WAS GOING TO USE ON HIM

GOD IS GOING TO USE WHAT THE ENEMY HAS TRIED TO USE ON YOU

AS LONG AS THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WAS IN THE WILDERNESS, THERE WAS NO GIANTS

BUT ONCE THEY STEPPED INTO THE PROMISED LAND, THERE WERE GIANTS

YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN THE PROMISED LAND WHEN YOU SEE THE GIANTS

I MUST BE THERE

EVERYONE HAS A GIANT

EVEN JESUS HAD A GIANT

JUST LIKE JESUS PASSING THROUGH 42 GENERATIONS AND GOD REACHED IONTO THE WOMB OF MARY AND GRABBED A RAG OUT OF HER WOMB (HIS HUMANITY), THEN PUT THE ROCK IN THE RAG AND FOR 33 YEARS HE WOUND UP THE RAG AND BROUGHT DOWN THE GIANT OF SIN AND DEATH-LIFT UP YOUR HEAD O YE GATES AND BE LIFTED UP EVERLASTING DOORS AND THE KING OF GLORY SHALL COME IN

HE WANTED TO REDEEM US

WHEN YOU SEE A GIANT, THAT IS YOUR PLACE

BUT HE NEEDED TO BE KIN TO US

HE HAD TO FIGHT THE GIANT BY GIVING UP HIS ROYAL ROBES

HE WALKED DOWN