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The way the world defines identity is as the condition of being oneself or itself and not another condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is

But God defines identity a different

See God defines identity as abandoning any image of yourself that is not from HIM.  (die to self)

That you stop accepting what others have said about you, how others have labeled you and how others have defined you

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I. Story of David and Goliath

I love the story of david and goliath

See in my eyes, David was a bad man.

From youth all the way to his death

He was baaaadddddd

in the ebonics term of bad

See My personal opinion is that david is the example of a mans man

he was senstive when he needed to be,

but when he needed to he could get down with the best of them

See in the story of David and Golaith, I see just one instance where david is identifying himself

See all through Davids life he deified mans view of who he was

He didnt play games

and he definitely didn’t accept the status quo

And that is one reason why I like  David

HE KNEW WHO HE WAS

HE KNEW WHO GOD CALLED HIM TO BE.

and through all that he went through, he never doubted the word of his father.

-Let me give you a little background

Let me give you a little background

One day Jesse sent his youngest son David to take a basket of goodies to the captain of the Israelite army.

David had stopped off at the local mcdonalds and picked up some happy meals and stuff for his brothers so they could have some sustenance other than the stuff they were serving at the camp.

And when David arrives at the battle ground he sees these warriors.

These mighty men of God heading out to battle

David is getting all pumped cause like any kid he’s like

“ah yeah, goliath is about to get beat down, I dont believe that I get to see this”

But there is a problem

As soon as they, the warriors, see the philistine champion

These mighty men of God run screaming like little girls

Like dogs with their tails tucked in between their legs

-David cannot believe his eyes

-See these warriors were defeated by fear

-They apparently didn’t know who they were

Rom 8:37 (NLT) says that despite all things, overwhelming, victory is ours

NIV says that we are more the conquerors

Do you get it,

that means that you stand from a position of victory

It means that the battle has already been won,

and the enemy got his butt kicked.

therefore the battle has already been won and that the victory trophy has already been handed out

So like any curious kid today

David wants to know whats up

He wants to know why these mighty men of God are running,

And so the answer or response that he gets from one of these warriors is unsatisfactory: 

this warrior has the nerve to look at david, and then have the nerve to let fear roll off his lip

HE SAYS: HAVE YOU SEEN HIM, HAVE YOU SEEN HOW BIG HE IS?

And right there you see Davids spirit rise up

Hes like, what are you talking about.......?

He’s like, thats not how I see it

see my God is a big unbeatable God

and he don’t travel with a small entourage either,

see last time i checked, he had some pretty big angels on his side.

See even as a boy David was a little cocky

I mean he was a teenager

And if you are a parent you definitely know what I am talking about

-Now don’t get me wrong

It was a Godly cocky as David knew who he was

-But on top of being that he was also a little curious

-He began to ask around what a person gets if the defeat this giant

-So davids brother hear and catch wind to Davids question

so his brothers get angry at him

So they begin to berate and to hate on their little brother

See if you didn’t know it yet, even family can be your very kriptonite

See haters exist they usually tell you by their actions and responses that your doing something right

See without haters, without enemies God can not prepare a table before you

Anyway Saul over hears this and calls for david

see saul is king at this point and i can just imagine what he is thinking at this point

I mean his reputation is here on the line

I mean i dont know if this is an election year or what

But one thing that I do know is that he cannot afford to win this battle

He cannot afford to win this battle

But once Saul see’s this cocky teenager he has his reservations

But see David didn’t doubt

And without reservation David tells Saul, Don’t worry, I got this

Ridiculous Saul says

he’s looking at this scrawny teenager and then thinking bout this muscular 9 foot giant that david says hes going to defeat

See hes hatin

but see here I love Davids response here

1 Sam 17:34-37 (NLT)

34But David persisted.

“I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said.

“When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, 35I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth.

If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.

36I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! 37The lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”

See David knew exactly who he was in Christ.

He knew that regardless he would overcome

II.

Identities

Our identities are formed by our earlier experience

We spend so much time trying to be someone or something that we are not as we try to find ourselves

Majority of our life is spent just trying to fit in

As kids we are told to respect and obey our parents then as we get older we adopt other role models

And all because they seem to have it all together we find it easier to emulate instead of forging our own identity

I wanna be i wanna be i wanna be like mike

you remember that one?

So in the midst of it we are taken to church and told that we are who God says we are

While in our minds we ask WHO IS THAT