David had walked into the camp of unbelief. He had been sent, by his father, to bring food and check on the condition of his brothers that were involved in a great battle. But when he arrived he found no great battle only men sitting around talking about battle. They were sitting waiting for the giant man, Goliath, to come out and scare them. How long had they been sitting? I don't know. Why were they sitting? They were scared. Why were they so afraid, Goliath was just one man? Was it because he was big, bad, and ugly? That was a big part of it. But David was just a small ,young, skinny boy who asked all of these adult, strong warriors, who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? David brought more than bread and cheese into that camp that day, he brought faith into the lives of those men that day. The enemy had been bold enough to think fear would defeat their enemies. In most cases it would have worked but they were not messing around with a typical enemy. Sure they might have had them shaking in their boots for awhile. But God raised up a little shepherd boy to defeat them. All it took was faith to come into the camp and that faith walked in the form of a child but spread into the hearts of the warriors.
Matthew18:3(nlt) Then He said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.4 So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. 5 "And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on My behalf is welcoming Me.6 But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in Me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. We think God is looking for a few good men but I think He is looking for a man who has the faith of a child. Good men are hard to find but one with this kind of faith and trust in Christ is even harder. Real manly men try to figure everything out and fight the enemy with their macho toughness and grit. But a man of faith looks at something like David saw that day and asks everyone around, why haven't you kicked that guys butt yet?DUHHHHH! Child like faith doesn't understand fear, pain, strategy. David picked up a rock, tells the Incredible Hulk, You're goin down in the name of The LORD, I'm not scared of you!
There are too many bread and cheese carriers in the world of Christianity today. We want to go feed the troops instead of standing up for what is good and right. It is great to feed the hungry, and to help the homeless,please don't take what I say wrong. But we need to feed the world the bread of life. John 6:48 Yes, I am the bread of life! 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. 50 Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is My flesh." Faith in peoples hearts need to be fed and it is going to take Gods people rising up in faith, just as David did, looking at the need and just do it. David looked around that army camp and saw nothing but defeat in the eyes of the soldiers. He could have pat them on the back, gave them a piece of cheese and said it will be OK, God will do something, just hang in there. But no! He went to King Saul and said, I will fight Him. It took a little bit of persuasion, but the king gave in to Gods will. David went out, slung the rock, Cut off the head of the giant and faith rose up in the hearts of the troops. They got up and with a great shout of triumph ran out and started destroying the enemy. They could not loose after seeing that boy, that one young faith filled boy, stand and defeat their greatest fear right before their eyes. Do you know what most people are looking for? Someone who will stand for God no matter what. Will you be that someone? 2Chronicles16:9 The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him. Will you be the one God sees? Will you be a David?
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