COURAGE
DEUT: 31:6; 2 TIM 1:7
“SUCCESS ISN’T FINAL, FAILURE IS NOT FATAL: IT IS THE COURAGE TO CONTINUE THAT COUNTS.”
CHURCHILL
“COURAGE IS DOING WHAT YOU ARE AFRAID TO DO. WHERE THERE IS NO FEAR THERE IS NO COURAGE.”
CAPTAIN A RIDDENBACKER
“I WANTED YOU TO SEE WHAT REAL COURAGE IS, INSTEAD OF GETTING THE IDEA THAT COURAGE IS A MAN WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND. IT IS WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE LICKED BEFORE YOU BEGIN, BUT YOU BEGIN ANYWAY AND SEE IT THROUGH NO MATTER WHAT.”
ATTICUS FINCH – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
TRANSITION: HOW DO YOU KILL A GIANT?
THE BACKSTORY …
SAUL,
DAVID,
DAVID’S BROTHERS, I SAMUEL 16:6-10
JESSE’S OTHER SON, I SAMUEL 16:11-13
GOLIATH,
PHILISTINES, I SAMUEL 17:1-9, 16, 10-11
DAVID AND GOLIATH,
(“REPRESENTATIVE WARFARE”)
I SAMUEL 17:20, 23, 33, 34, 37, 42-47 … 48-52
THE BIGGER STORY …
DAVID AND JESUS
GOD IN CHRIST HAS DEFEATED THE GREATEST GOLIATH, ALIENATION FROM GOD AND THE PENALTY OWED FOR OUR SIN,
THE BIBLE IS NOT A COLLECTION OF HERO’S WHOSE EXAMPLES WE ARE TO EMULATE BUT A SAVIOR WE ARE TO WORSHIP!
OUR STORY …
DAVID AND US
WHAT IS THE GIANT IN YOUR LIFE? ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS THE ADVANCE OF GOD’S WILL IN YOUR LIFE …
HOW DO WE OVERCOME THE GIANTS?
PS.27:13 “I WOULD HAVE DESPAIRED UNLESS I HAD BELIEVED THAT I WOULD SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.”
PS 27:14, “WAIT FOR THE LORD; BE STRONG, AND LET YOUR HEART TAKE COURAGE; YES, WAIT FOR THE LORD.”
DON’T LOOK FOR THE SIZE OF THE GIANT: LOOK AT THE GRACIOUSNESS OF GOD.
APPLICATION:
WHERE DO WE LEARN THAT KIND OF COURAGE, TO LISTEN TO GOD’S VOICE AND ACT IN FAITH?
I SAMUEL 16:13, 14, 19
SWINDOLL, THREE WORDS THAT CHARACTERIZE DAVID’S TIME IN THE PASTURE:
OBSCURITY,
MONOTONY,
REALITY,
FINISH YOUR GIANT
