The bigger the battle you face for the Lord, the bigger the Lord becomes for your battle.
The bigger our problems the less we should battle. That is my message for today.
1 Samuel 17:4 describes the size of Goliath. It says this. “And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.” Now a cubit was about 18 inches. And a span was roughly 6 inches. By the way we measure today, Goliath then was roughly 9 feet and six inches tall.
I’m sure everyone who saw Goliath saw an imposing man. A giant. Larger probably than any man they had ever seen. But David wasn’t bothered by Goliath’s size. David knew something Goliath didn’t know. He knew that Goliath was an imposing enemy for men; but Goliath would not be fighting a man that day. He would be battling God.
David knew there would be no battle between David and Goliath. Goliath was not David’s problem; he was not the Israelites problem. He was God’s enemy. And the Lord will always fight His own battles. We are never asked to fight His battles. He is His own champion. He is His own warrior. He is His own Army.
God doesn’t need to wage war with anyone. And a battle – well it is just a small fight within a larger fight between enemies. David knew he was only a soldier in the Army of the Lord. He also knew and recognized that this was the Lord’s battle, so he was careful not to make it his own. While David realized he did not have a problem, Goliath did not see the problem he was facing.
Goliath and all the Philistines could see that he was an opposing figure much bigger than anyone of the Israelites. It wasn’t likely that any one of them could defeat him. Goliath was a champion who had never lost. He was itching for a battle. But we know that Goliath met his death the day he challenged David. He was a big problem looking for a little battle.
We can learn some things from how David faced the situation with Goliath. You see, the bigger your problems seem to be, the less likely you should feel like it is a battle for you. The Lord has no size. He cannot be measured in feet or in inches. He has no height nor any weight. If you believe you are facing a big problem, it’s a good bet the battle you face is one for the Lord.
We should have this confidence that David had. He had killed both a lion and a bear with just his hands. He was confident he could prevail against a giant like Goliath. Still, David wasn’t stupid. He knew the battle with Goliath was the Lord’s and not his own.
Goliath probably thought David was a loser. But Goliath didn’t realize that David was a soldier in the Army of the Lord. And like David, we should see ourselves as soldiers in His Army. When we do, we are blessed in that the Lord fights His own battles through us.
We may be seen as sure losers, but we never lose.
The lions and the bears we face probably think we are just small bites for their lunch. But when we allow the Lord to fight His battles that we face, we may be fearful, but we never fear.
When we allow the Lord to fight His battles, we may grow tired but we are never tired out.
When we allow the Lord to fight His battles, we may trip but we never fall. We may be knocked down, but we are never knocked out. We may look small, but we are larger than how we look.
The bigger what seems to be our problems, the bigger the Lord acts in our lives. When we allow Him to fight His battles that we are privileged to face, He shows Himself to be bigger than the biggest thing we have ever seen. He is stronger than the strongest thing we have ever faced. He is beyond the comprehension of anything we have ever understood.
If you are facing what seems like a giant problem today just remember, the Lord just wants us to let Him fight the battles we face. The bigger our problems; the bigger our Lord.
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