What if you’re fighting against what you should be fighting for?
When I am fighting within myself and
fighting against the very things that
God is trying to use in my life and
slinging spears at David, the very one
that God sent to fight my battles… I
wonder, are you trying to kill something
that God is trying to use in your life? I
want to preach about David, but before I
can get there… I’m not going to lie to
you. I want to be David so badly. I want to be a man after God’s own heart. I want to
kill Goliath. I think it would be cool to
kill Goliath. I want to shake tambourines.
I want to be David, but sometimes
I’m Saul. Sometimes I’m
fighting against what I should be
fighting for.
So now David has a choice to make, and so do you. You have to decide which weapons
to use when. Saul, in his attempt to
spear David, misses and hits the wall. I
noticed a contrast. I don’t know
if you could put it back up for me. Where
it says that Saul was sitting in his
house with this hand on the spear, and
David had his hand on the harp. He had
his hand on the on the lyre. He had his
hand on the string instrument. I
was thinking that you know if this is a
game of rock-paper-scissors which one do you want? Spear, javelin, or harp? You
choose. Come on. Turn to your neighbor.
Rock, paper, scissors. Spear.
I want the spear. When Saul misses, David has a decision,
because the Bible says that his spear
stuck into the wall. So here’s
the decision that I have to make. Do I
take my hand off the harp and grab the
spear and throw it back? Because if
there’s one thing we know about David, he
doesn’t miss. Ask Goliath about David’s
aim. If you’re gonna throw a spear at
David, you better lock it in, because if
he throws it back, I assure you it will
not end up in the wall. He will off your
head.
So before you throw a spirit David, take
aim. You will not get a second chance. But
David does what must have been the
hardest thing he ever did. Nothing. Do you
know how hard it is when you have a
reputation for killing Giants to not
fight back when you have the opportunity? Do you know how hard it is when you
have the opportunity to manipulate a
situation and control a situation and to
try to get people to do what you want…?
“They said this about me, and I’m
gonna say it back.” I wish you
could see some of the replies I write
the people on Facebook that I never
publish.
They are poetic.
Throw it back. I can hit you with this.
I do words. I can talk. I can’t fix a car,
I can’t bake a cake, but I can talk. David
can throw, and he doesn’t. He does
something weird. He ducks.
David ducks,
because he has no other choice.
Really, the harp is not a portable
instrument, so he can’t sidestep the spear. He’s seated behind a harp.
The hand of Saul is on the spear, and the
hand of David is on the harp. I want
to know who has the upper hand. Who has the winning hand? Because if the hand of
Saul is on the spear and the hand of
David is on the harp, it seems to me that
spear beats strings. I got one hand on
the spear and one hand on the strings.
I know Saul didn’t miss David if he
was at close range sitting down behind a
harp, so how could the one with the spear
lose to the one with the…? How could Saul
have his hand on the spear and David
have his hand on the harp and David get
out? There must have been another hand in the room that is not mentioned
in the text. How many know that the hand of God is on your life? The hand of God was
on David. The hand of God grabbed the spear of
Saul and said, “Not him. Not now.” “No weapon formed against me shall be able…” Keep your hand on the harp, and God will put his hand on
the spear. He won’t let it kill you. He
will not suffer your foot to be moved.
The Lord which keepeth thee, He will
not slumber nor sleep, if you keep your
hand on the harp. See, I thought that
David had an instrument and Saul had a
weapon, but maybe worship is a weapon.
Maybe David knew, “If I keep my
hand on the harp, if I let God
fight my battles, I cannot be
defeated.”
Are there any worshipers in the house? How about back here
Any worshipers that know He’ll fight my battles?
“That’s just emotional.” No, it’s survival,
because if you don’t learn how to duck,
if you don’t learn how to say, “God…” The
weapons of our warfare are not carnal.
I don’t throw spears back. I have the
winning hand, and when I clap my hands my praise confuses the enemy.
When I lift my hands in worship,
the hand of God is on… David knew
that the same hand that had plucked him
from the sheep field and the same hand
that had delivered him from lions and
bears and Goliaths and the same hand that
held the flask that poured the oil… “The
hand of God is on my life, and Saul
cannot kill what God has crowned.”
So the way I fight is this. I don’t fight
for victory. That’s the way the world
fights. I fight from victory. My worship
is my weapon. I don’t have to prove myself
to people in situations. If I take this
spear in my hand and throw it back…
There’s somebody in here who has a
spear in the wall right next to your
head, and you are trying to decide right
now
whether to do it your way or God’s Way.
Can I give you a little piece of advice?
Duck, David. Duck, and let God have his way.
How did David keep his hand on the harp,
and how do you keep your heart at peace
with spears flying at your head? David
knew, “If I can win the battle within
my soul, God will fight my battle with
Saul.” That’s where the real battle is. The
war is within, and so are the weapons.
You can’t fight fear with fear.
When David says, “God, you are my strength…” I’m so glad for
Psalm 59, because 1 Samuel 19 gives
me the picture of what David did.
With Saul spear flying at him, David was
able to keep his hand on the harp. It’s
a picture of being able to remain in a
place of trust and surrender in a time
of turbulence and trial and frustration.
It’s a picture and it says that Saul’s hand
was on the spear. That’s me trying to
control. David’s hand stayed on the harp,
and he played his hand. He knew, “If I
keep my hand on the harp, I cannot be
defeated. If I keep my heart at peace, it will not matter what
spears fly my way.” He said, “God, you are my strength.”
Can we read the psalm again? Look at this. Psalm 59 verse 9: “I watch for you.” Now
that’s interesting, because David seems
to be saying, “I wasn’t watching Saul. I
wasn’t watching the spears.
I was watching the one whose hand…” How
many believe the hand of God is on your
life?
Now we know this from our
side of the cross that the victory has
already been won by our King, our greater
David, Jesus Christ. We know that David
was not the last King to come out of
Bethlehem. We know that he was a king who
was pointing to a King of Kings.
We know that the Spirit of him who
raised Christ is from the dead, and we
already have the victory. We don’t fight
for it; we fight from it, and the hand of God is
on your life. You say, “Well, I’m not
David.” But you are, because David’s name
literally means beloved, and the same
love that crowned David has crowned you.
Saul cannot kill what God has already
crowned, and perfect love casts out fear.
So so here’s what David did. He said, “I
watch for you.” “I’ve got a lot of stuff coming at
my head. I’ve got battles and and problems and brokenness.I’ve got 99 problems and
Bathsheba is one.” We’ll get to that.
He said,
“You are my fortress, (next verse) my god on whom I
can rely.” But watch this. Verse 11: “Do not kill them, Lord our
shield.” Wait a minute. David did have a
weapon. David did have a weapon, because
when Saul’s spears started flying,
David got behind his shield.” Come on, I need
you to receive this, because you have some stuff flying at you.
You have some doubts in your soul, but stay behind your shield.Come on. Duck,
David. Get behind your shield. Paul said it’s the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall
quench the fiery darts of the wicked.I have a shield. Is anybody
shielded by the power of God?
If I say behind my shield, Saul cannot kill
what God has crowned. I got the winning
hand. I might not look like much. I might
just be a shepherd boy, but I have the
winning hand, and God is my shield. Hey! Thanks for watching. Make sure to click
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