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Are You Preparing to Win?

1 Samuel 17:40: “Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepard’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.”

Do you have a tough battle ahead? Is there something on the horizon that you can see that is going to be a tremendous challenge? Diving into the story of David vs. Goliath can show you that with God, you are stronger than anything you might face and that victory will be yours! David being a young man was in no shape to take on Goliath!  From the human perspective, he was merely a shepard boy, but as we see when David explains to his brother, he has the strength of the Lord! David was living in true obedience and relationship with God and knew that He had saved him when he fought a lion and a bear!  He knew that God would deliver in the upcoming battle with Goliath. 

This brings me to my main point:  What are you doing today that will prepare you for what comes after you’re victorious in your battle?   You see in the verse above that David chose five stones...why did he choose five when he knew God was going to bring him victory over Goliath? If David was confident, wouldn’t he just take one? David did only need one....for Goliath, but what David was doing was preparing for what came after the victory. In 2nd Samuel:21:19-22 we see that Goliath had four brothers!  David was prepared to fight the battle after the victory! He had a stone for every brother!

In our lives we are constantly faced with battles, and with our God, we will always be victorious! We know this because of what happened on Calvary! Often times though we will win, get to the top, and then face another battle that we weren’t prepared for: a battle with our pride! There is nothing more separating to our relationship with Christ than the divider of our own pride and boastfulness. Know this, with God you will be victorious!  You will climb the mountain that you are facing, and you will be in a position to either believe it was because of your doing or because of God’s divine intervention in your life! The issue that many face today though is that they will experience a win, or even multiple wins, and without the proper foundation in their spiritual relationship with Christ, they are in perfect sights for the enemy. 

So how do you prepare?  You have to replace the word “my” in your vocabulary to “yours.”  It was not my doing, it was your doing!  It was God that gave me the strength to persist and win! It was God who gave me this victory!  Thanking God continuously and dying to yourself on a daily basis, being in true unconditional obedience to the Word of God, and pursuing Godliness in all that you do will be your four other stones in your pouch!  There will be more battles after your victory, and many times those battles come from the top of your success. Humble yourself and give glory to God in all things!

My prayer for you this week is that you know that with God and with unconditional obedience to the Word of God, you will be victorious in your upcoming battle, and I urge you to prepare for what comes after the victory. I urge you to give your worries and your wins to God!

Have a great week!

Song of the week: O Come To The Alter

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