Today’s Reading: 1 Samuel 17:31-58
“♫ In heavenly armour,
we’ll enter the land. The battle belongs to the Lord.
No weapon that’s
fashioned against us shall stand. The
battle belongs to the Lord.
We sing, glory and
honor, power and strength to the Lord.
The power of darkness
comes in like a flood. The battle belongs to the Lord.
He’s raised up a
standard, the power of His blood. The
battle belongs to the Lord.
We sing, glory and
honor, power and strength to the Lord.
When your enemy
presses in hard, do not fear. The battle belongs to the Lord.
Take courage my
friend, your redemption is near. The battle belongs to the Lord.
We sing, glory and
honor, power and strength to the Lord.
The battle belongs to
the Lord.♫" *
These are the lyrics
of a great worship song written some forty-plus years ago. In these lyrics, the writer expresses the
same sentiment as David in today’s passage.
Confronted by a strong enemy, Goliath, the mighty warrior of the
Philistines, David defiantly tells him that “the Lord will give you into our
hand.” David wasn’t being boastful or
arrogant with these words. He wasn’t
expressing confidence in his own abilities or the abilities of the Israelite
armies. No, he was expressing his total confidence in the Lord.
David recognized the
awesome truth that, “If God
is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). To put this
truth another way, with God on
our side like this, how can we lose? The reality is that the battle always
belongs to the Lord. We must always
remember this truth and whenever we face darkness, fear, temptation, or
attacks, it is imperative that we look to the God who is for us and sing,
“glory and honor, power and strength to the Lord.”
Don’t defy your
enemies in your humanity. Don’t rely on your own strength or resources to
battle life’s battles. Instead, look confidently to Him and recognize that the
battle belongs to the Lord.
* © Maranatha! Music
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