"Of David"

I was told once that I was "A David". Correct me if I am wrong... David was a great and powerful warrior. I was also told by someone else while I was receiving prayer for something that I was a "mighty warrior with a powerful ministry". The two people that told me these things... probably don't even know that each other exist as humans. So these words MUST have come from God.
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In my thoughts of childhood bible stories told to me at Sunday school and Christian school as a youngster... I remember David fighting the big giant called Goliath. David was a small person compared to Goliath... yet David had no fear... because God was with him. He didn't take a machine gun to war with him... or tear gas... or taser guns...(not that he would have had the opportunity to take these things anyway)... he did not go up to Goliath looking like Rambo... he did not have war paint or look like a sniper with night vision goggles and a flack jacket all dressed in black... David took 5 small stones from the river... and a slingshot. Child's toys in this day and age. (actually... and sadly... some child's toys these days are the machine guns)
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David took with him 5 stones... faith... trust... and the protection of God... and he killed the giant with one stone from his slingshot. David probably got really good at shooting stones from his slingshot in the fields while he was protecting the sheep! (I imagine a guy could get pretty bored watching sheep eat all day long.) I know that he also got good practice keeping the predators away from the sheep.
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These words David said to the giant, Goliath, before he killed him... "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 hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, 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." 1 Samuel 17:45-49
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The part I love the best about what David said was..."...I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty...it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's..."
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I have not had many words to write about the past few days. Actually... I have had quite alot... it's all the thinking that has kept me busy.
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I was reading this morning in Psalms. Let me share two of my favorites with you.

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Psalm 138

Of David

I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart;

before the "gods" I will sing your praise.

I will bow down toward your holy temple

and will praise your name for your love and faithfulness,

for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

When I called, you answered me;

you made me bold and stouthearted.

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May all the kings of the earth praise you, O Lord,

when they hear the words of your mouth.

May they sing of the ways of the Lord,

for the glory of the Lord is great.

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Though the Lord is on high, he looks upon the lowly,

but the proud he knows from afar.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,

you preserve my life;

you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes,

with your right hand you save me.

The Lord will fulfill [his purpose] for me;

your love, O Lord, endures forever --

do not abandon the works of your hands.

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Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David.

A Psalm.

O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.

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You hem me in -- behind and before;

you have laid your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

too lofty for me to attain.

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Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise oh the wings of the dawn,

if I settle on the far side of the sea,

even there your hand will guide me,

your right hand will hold me fast.

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If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me

and the light become night around me,"

even the darkness will not be dark to you;

the night will shine like the day,

for darkness is as light to you.

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For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

your eyes saw my unformed body.

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All the days ordained for me

were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

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How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand.

When I am awake, I am still with you.

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If only you would slay the wicked, O God!

Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

They speak of you with evil intent;

your adversaries misuse your name.

Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord,

and abhor those who rise up against you?

I have nothing but hatred for them;

I count them my enemies.

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Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me int he way everlasting.

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After reading these... I feel a great need for a huge *SIGH*. I am proud to be "a David". David loved God so very much. And... God loved David. My heart is quite like his I believe. I have fought many battles in my life. More so than many others... yet others have battles of their own just as troublesome.

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My praise goes to the Lord... because he is the reason... THE ONLY REASON... that I have made it through all of the things I have battled so far. He is my strength... He is my foundation... He is my refuge... He is my love... He is my honor... He is my savior... He is my heavenly Father. His... are the arms that I long to crawl into at the end of this life... and whose face I long to see. To have Him hug me to his chest and smooth down my frazzled hair and say to me... "I so love you, my child."

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My life is nothing without Him. His words I long to have inscribed upon every place in my heart. When I... "want to do it all by myself"... God gently... (as a Father would)... allows me to try it... then... just as gently... He outstretches his arms to me as I come running to him.