Relying on God

“All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.” – 1 Samuel 17:47 Yesterday, I encouraged you to move forward confidently, trusting that God goes before us, just as David did. David trusted not just his skills, but God’s promises. All God asks of us is faith. As Goliath taunted Israel, David told Saul, Let me face him. Though Saul doubted David’s youth and wanted him to wear his armor, David refused, saying, This doesn’t fit me. And so David goes down, and he picks five great stones from a riverbed. He takes his staff and his sling, and he approaches Goliath, right in the valley. And what does Goliath say? First of all, he’s insulted that they would send, in his view, such a