Israelite army pause in their tracks before charging towards him. But David was different. He did not let Goliath’s size, armor or words intimidate him. He appraised him for he said to Goliath, You come to me with a sword, a spear and a javelin, (1 Samuel 17:45) meaning he saw all that was coming against him from the enemy’s camp, but he did not let it defeat him mentally. He was able to prevent mental defeat because he did not focus on Goliath. We know that he did not focus on Goliath because after appraising him, David turned his mind back to God and said to Goliath, I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. (1 Samuel 17:45) Therefore, first appraise your situation and see all that the enemy has lined up to destroy you and then shift your focus from the enemy’s arsenal to God’s power and might because God is more powerful than any enemy you will ever face.
In addition, to overcome the enemy’s intimidation, you also have to speak words of faith to your situation like David did. David said to Goliath, “This day the Lord God will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and decapitate you. This day, I will give the carcasses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the air and the wild animals of the earth so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. All this gathering shall also know that the Lord God does not save with sword and spear. (1 Samuel 17:46-47) Therefore, speak words of faith and victory to the mountain-sized enemy who is trying to intimidate you.
She said within herself, If I touch the clothes, I shall be healed.
If you are not able to speak your words of faith audibly, speak them in your heart like the woman with the issue of blood, For she said within herself, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” (Mark 5:28)
I come to you in the name of the Lord of Hosts.
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