today’s blog is a re-post. i originally wrote this blog on June 9th of 2008. a little over a year ago. -
i’m a champion, i’m a champion, i’m a champion. if i look at things through earthly eyes, the last thing i am is a champion. but that’s what holds me back from being what i was made to be. earthly eyes. if i can find that place where i can see myself through the eyes of God, then i can realize my calling to be a champion. the first thing i must deal with is fear. i’m afraid of failure. i used to be a professional failure. (i had to change that sentence to the past tense from the present tense). for so long i’ve been used to giving up before i make it to my goal that it’s become a habit. i’ve listened to the enemy lie to me and tell me it can’t be done and that if i try and fail that everyone will know how weak i really am. so i’ve been afraid. after all, people look to me for guidance, i can’t let them down. so i don’t try. fear. the first battle i’ve got to win is with fear. before i can take on the champ, i’ve got to fight my way up the ranks. so here goes…
2 tim.1:7 for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. fear isn’t from God, therefore, i’ve got to get rid of it. i’m not the first one to face a giant. 1 sam 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.
david had no fear because he knew it wasn’t his battle. this isn’t my battle it’s God’s. all i have to do to be the champion in the battle with fear is face it head on and do what i know to do. david knew how to work a sling not swords and armour. he did what he knew to do and God used it to slay his giant. i know what to do and i’m stepping into the ring to face this giant. he won’t win and i’m going to feed HIS carcass to the fowl of the air. it’s on now, cause i’m starting to believe. DING DING! -
looking back over the past year, i see that i’ve knocked the giant down a few times but he keeps getting up because i haven’t cut off his head. i’ve fought valiantly just not thoroughly. i’ve found new freedom this year by facing my fear. but the time has come to finish the fight. he’s hit me back and now it’s put up or shut up. bad news for him, this is the last time he’ll get up. it really is on now.
so what about you? what giant are you facing?
