GOD HONOURS OUR FAITH: Devotion for Tuesday August 16, 2016

Text: 1 Samuel 17:48 – 53          Memory verse: 1 Samuel 17:50

Who would have believed that David will kill Goliath the way he went into the encounter with him? He went against every military device and tactics. He didn’t go with sword, no spear, no shield, no gun though there was no gun then, etc. He went with a catapult and five stones. Going with mere catapult was a slight in the eyes of Goliath and he never bordered about David’s style. He never knew that his coming was not just ordinary. Goliath never knew that David came with the God of war, He whose words can destroy the strongest foundation as He did to the walls of Jericho. Goliath undermined God of Israel and he paid dearly for it.

This is how frail and uncertain life is. It is foolishness for us to think we can protect ourselves from the wrath and anger of God not even when we have defied Him as Goliath and most people did. Most times when we think that we are best fortified, we forget that death can quickly and easily come to us. No wonder the assertion Apostle Paul gave in 2 Cor. 10:4–6. David prevailed with a sling (catapult) and a stone. God honoured his faith. Of recent Archaeologists found the skull of Goliath with the mark of stone on it. God cannot be mocked! When you try it, you will have a bitter experience.

A strong man should not glory in his strength, neither the man fully armed with human armour in his armour. God resists the proud, and pours contempt on those who defy Him and His people. He is no respecter of anybody. If you honour Him, He will honour you but when you despise and defy Him, He will show that He is a consuming fire. No one ever hardened his heart against God and prospered. The strongest as well as the weakest are dependent upon God, and that expectation which rests on human or other creatures is liable at any time to be disappointed. One lesson for us here is that when we rely on God in times of challenges, He will always glorify Himself.

Food for Thought: No one defies God and goes scot free.

Prayer: Our Father in heaven, may I not glory in my strength rather humble me to depend on you in anything I need strength to perform in Jesus name.