David and Goliath Part 15 No Weapon Shall Prosper

# 251 - Today's Du-votional comes from: 1Sa 17:45-47, “Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 "This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 "Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD'S, and He will give you into our hands." (1 Sam 17:44-47) The sword, the spear, the javelin. All weapons of the flesh for the flesh, but they were no match for the Spirit of God then, and they are no match for the Spirit of God now. 2Co 10:3-5 says, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,” The battle cry of Paul against the enemies within the church at Corinth was the battle cry of David which he used against Goliath and is summed up in Zec 4:6b, “'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts.” In our battles with the enemies of the church, we do not stoop to the tactics of lying and slander, we proclaim the truth, simply raising the standard of the Word of God, trusting that Word to break through the exterior defenses of the soul. It is the conviction of the Word of God that takes the thought life captive and brings people to repentance. (To repent is too think differently.) Our weapon is the Word of God! Heb 4:12 says, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Do you believe this beloved? Then get familiar with God's Word. Use it and live it. For no weapon formed against God;'s Word shall prosper.