FEARLESS FEAR FIGHTER: I CAME TO TAKE THE DEVIL'S HEAD OFF!!!!

We are called to win a battle that some of us are scared to fight. We show up to the battle ready to go at it with the enemy but decide to hide once we see his face. No matter how big or small your enemy is. No matter how beautiful or ugly it or they may appear, God has already given you everything that you need to defeat him, but you must come out of hiding and change your mindset concerning how you will win the war.

Israel had soldiers and weapons, but the size and wolf tickets that a giant was selling, scared them. This giant came out faithfully to taint them and their God, but fear caused them to refuse to take his head off. The giant’s tactics was working until David showed up. Sometimes we have been in a situation so long that it takes someone else to come into our situations to help us see that our problems can be defeated. David didn’t see what the other soldiers saw every day, so his mindset was different. He was not gripped by fear and the insecurity that the giant had built up in an entire army of men did not scare him.

Sometimes our bravery will intimate those closest to us. David’s older brother was intimated by his fearlessness. David’s brother was in the army, but yet he was just as scared as the other men. Some people are intimated when you actively take steps to battle something that has them chained in fear. They can’t escape the fear, but they don’t want you to be able to escape it either because you don’t know it as well as they do.

The enemy’s job is to stop you from fulfilling the call on your life at all cost. One of his tactics is fear; another one is intimidation. He thinks that he knows everything that you’re going to do because he has watched you, but God has different plans on how you will defeat him. Israel had the traditional weapons of that time. They had chariots and swords, but all God needed was someone who had courage, boldness, smooth stones, and a slingshot to shut the enemy up.

Your weapons are divine in and through Jesus. God is calling you to deal with the problems in your life and in your family differently than how your grand-mama may have dealt with them, but you gotta stop being afraid of the problem and know that God has called you to take the devil’s head off.

David took Goliath’s head off! He took Goliath’s weapons and caused those that were attached to him to flee. God wants to deal with the problem, but you gotta stop being scared and seek him on the weapons of warfare that He wants you to use.

Lord, In Jesus name, I pray to not be distracted or discouraged from pursuing the call you have on my life. I pray to always remember who You say I am and I pray to not be afraid of the things that the enemy has assigned to cause fear in my life. Lord, I pray to know the weapons of warfare that you have given me to use and I pray that you will show me how to use them successfully. I pray to not walk by fear, but to walk by faith. I pray to remember that you will protect me in the places that you have sent me into and I pray that your word and promises will be stored in heart. In Jesus name, Amen

Recommended Reading: “We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. And after you have become fully obedient, we will punish everyone who remains disobedient” (2 Corinthians 10:3-6 NLT).

“This is my command--be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go" (Joshua 1:9 NLT)

1Samuel 17:1-57

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