Power OF Extra-Ordinary Courage

KEY SCRIPTURE:  "God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic.  His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic.  Yet in His largeness nothing gets lost; not a man, not a mouse slips through the cracks."   Psalm 36:6,7  The Message

Power Point:

     I guess you could say that King David was experiencing a time of settling the truths about this extra-ordinary God that had captured his heart in this verse.  When you think about it, everything in David's life was a constant battle.  There was a lot of good news (you'll be king, you'll live in a palace) but there was usually bad news right around the corner. There were continual battles-some of his own making, and some because he was God's servant who had been called to defeat the enemies of God's children. The important thing is that David always showed up for the battle.  In fact, one of the verses I love about David is 1 Samuel 17:48.  This describes the heart of the warrior in David.  It says, "So it was, when the Philistine (Goliath) drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet him."

     You can see why God loved David so much.  David didn't flinch at the size of his enemy, which when you think about it, was not his enemy he was running toward.  Goliath was GOD's enemy.  He was coming to destroy God's people and steal their land.  David thought to himself, "This giant is not much bigger than the bears I've killed or the lions I've defeated.  I think I can take him!"   I think that his extra-ordinary courage made God smile that day.

     I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to understand that my whole life has been a training ground for the enemy that is facing me right now.  You may think that you're under attack by a very strong enemy. God has trained you to defeat him.  If you think about it,  all those other difficult times in your life when you trusted God and "took courage", are the perfect groundwork that God was laying for this situation. You've been prepared to defeat the Goliath in your life today and every day.  You are more  than a conqueror.  You are a child of God, that God who is the God of the angel armies, who is ready to release heaven in you and through you.  Now.   Today.  Take courage.  Take extra-ordinary courage and hurry and run toward the enemy.  Don't let the devil defeat you in the very place where God has uniquely equipped you to walk in His victory. 

     Like David, there will  always be battles in your life.  The good news is that the God of the angel armies is working for you and with you. Nothing can separate you from His love, and His power, and His promises.  Take courage Beloved.  "Seize and hold fast and retain, (without wavering), the hope that you cherish and confess...For He who promised is reliable, (sure) and faithful to His word."  

      How extraordinary.

Power Thought:

Not a man, nor a mouse, slips through the cracks of the extra-ordinary power of God. That includes you! Today is possible.  Run out to meet it. I think you can take it!