"The Battle Is The Lord's!"

         

David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin,

but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies

 of Israel, whom you have defied.  This day the Lord will deliver you into my

hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give

the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the

whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.  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.”

(I Samuel 17:45)

Five smooth stones and a slingshot  ... furthermore, and of course, most importantly, AND THE LORD  ...  That's what it took to bring down a giant.  If you've got the Lord on your side, you could use a shiny paper clip, a glassy marble, a disgusting spitwad, a sharp pointed dart, or a clod of playDoh.  Huh?  The bottom line is that "The Battle Is The Lord's!"

But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a

lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it

 and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair,

struck it and killed it.  Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this

uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the

armies of the living God.  The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion

 and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”

(I Samuel 17:34)

"This uncircumcised Philistine"  ...  Oh, David, you have a way with words, meaning, "Hey, Philistine, you don't know, don't adhere to, don't follow the laws of Almighty God  ... and you're going down!"  There's mighty power behind the Holy laws of God, power in the Commandments of a Holy Creator, and power in standing in the name of the Lord.  Ah, David had faith that performed, didn't he?  "The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine."  It sounds like another one who was rescued, named Daniel.  What about Gideon and his 300 mighty men?  For those with faith, the battle is the Lord's; for those with faith, the giant is "comin' down;' for those with faith, "win" is a norm; for those with faith, Victory is ever on the lips!

What about You and me?  What about this year of "13?"  What about the wars and rumors of war?  What about the failing economy and Christian freedoms being lost every day?  What about the rampant Sin parading our streets and airways?  What about those who are saying "Where is the sign of His coming?"  The answer to all of these questions for the Saint of God is:  It's God's battle; We are His warriors, but we're not in this thing alone; we wear our armor and stand on His word, but the power that is behind us and within us is stronger than the power coming at us; we are attacked from all sides by satan and his imps, but we go forth in the Name of Jesus, the Blood of Jesus and the Word of Jesus; we have a big job to do and a lot of souls to win, but we are surrounded with heaven's warriors and the omnipotent Holy Warrior, who wins every time, and upholds us with His Almighty hand!  Hallelujah!

"The Lord hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations

 and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God."

 (Isaiah 52:10)

It's incredible to walk out onto that fierce battleground with our "slingshot and five smooth stones" KNOWING we will Win!  Stand saints of God, fight saints of God, be strong saints of God  ... keep your head up, lap from your hand and be alert, look the devil in the face with the flaming eyes of God, let not fear come nigh you, march with the cadence of "Goin' to the enemy's camp to take back what he took from me," and when it's all over  ... dance in demon blood!  You say, "That sounds crude."  Oh yeah, the battle we're in is not pretty, but it's victorious; it's not without scars, but it's fought by those on the meat; it throws some punches, but they miss our face; it's full of attacks and roars, but the Lion of Judah has risen up ...  it's coming at us with ferocious strength, but we've taken aim and the "Rock" hits the spot!  Say it; Say it with gusto!  ...  Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!

In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him,

and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us

rejoice and be glad in his salvation."

(Isaiah 25:9)

"You're being a little too dramatic, aren't you?" says you.  Hey, if you're not feeling the heat, perhaps you're not dwelling close enough to God.  "What are you talking about?"  Everything that can be shaken will be shaken in this last hour, and if you have not met up with and encountered the devil's lurch at your mind, your body or your spirit  ...  you're not close enough to God.  You say, "Well then, why would I want to get close to God, then?"   Good question.  Because, the closer you are to God, the more you have His favor, His strength, His wisdom, His power, His angelic force  ...  and the further you are away from him, the more you leave yourself open to destruction.  Remember, the devil comes to kill, steal and destroy  ... he'll promise you the moon, and give you Hell in disguise.  It's somewhat of a paradox; the closer we are to God, the more we are attacked, but the greater is God's protection over us  ... the further away from God, the less the attacks, but the less we have His protection, and the closer we are to being lost.  We are NOT "once saved, always saved."  Salvation is a continual repentance, keeping our bodies under subjection to almighty God, because in this flesh dwells no good thing!

 "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth;

for I am God, and there is no other."

(Isaiah 45:22)

We're on the home stretch.  All prophecies have been fulfilled up to Exekiel 38 and 39, WAR, and then the Rapture of the Church, when God "catches away" His bride, His Church, in the air to escape the terrible tribulation coming upon the earth to judge those who did not receive salvation:  Repentance, baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the infilling of the Holy Ghost, with the evidence of speaking in tongues as His Spirit gives the utterance.  We all have a choice; He will not override one's will.  He stands now, with open arms, and He will not turn anyone away.  You say, "But, you don't know what I've done."  He knows, and He will receive you, in forgiveness, if You ask Him.  The world can be at war all around you, but you can have peace, joy and love dwelling within your heart, soul, mind and spirit.  Then, no matter what happens, we can know with assurance that all will be all right, if so be that Jesus Christ is in us, and we are in Him, because the bottom line and the gist of the matter is: "The Battle Is The Lord's!"

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's telling the world that Jesus is Lord of the battle)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

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