Surrender Your Battles To The Lord
We belong to the war front and our commander has never lost any battle . He is a mighty warrior , though I believe that many of us can testify to the fact that we ' ve lost many battles . Many are times we ' ve gone to the battle only for us to end up retreating ; other times we ' ve watched the enemy helplessly as he destroys and tears our lives apart thinking that he is much more powerful than we are . Sometimes we wonder what ' s the point of fighting because we lose before we even get to the battlefield . For every child of God , victory is guaranteed . Many do not seem to understand this truth and that ' s why we let the enemy to have his wicked way in our lives . No matter how intense a battle is ; or how powerful , enormous or scary a situation or the enemy is , God is able and more than able to deliver us . So here goes the question ; why do we fail ? Why do we get defeated so easily ? Why do we experience defeat more than victory in our everyday life ? Read on as I tell you the secret to winning battles .
In the book of 1 Samuel 17 , we meet the Philistines who had gathered for battle in Socoh , a town in Judah . They had come to fight against the children of Israel . King Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah , where they got ready to fight the Philistines . The philistines lined up one hill and the Israelites on another , with a valley between them . A man named Goliath , from the city of Gath , came out from the Philistine camp to challenge the Israelites . Goliath was a force to reckon with . He scared the army of Israel away just by mere words , and no one would dare fight him .
Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel , “ Why do you come out and line up for battle ? Am I not a Philistine , and are you not the servants of Saul ? Choose a man and have him come down to me . If he is able to fight and kill me , we will become your subjects ; but if I overcome him and kill him , you will
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