Weekly Devotional
Believe And Act On The
New Covenant
Samuel
17:45
45Then David said to the
Philistine, “… I come
to you in the
name of the
Lord of hosts, the
God of the armies of Israel, whom you
have defied.
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Have
you ever wondered how two
people can hear the same
thing and yet have very
different responses? For
one, what is said makes him
afraid and discouraged. For
the other, his heart is so
filled with faith that he
dares to come against the
devil and what he is doing.
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In the Valley of Elah,
Goliath the Philistine giant
taunted the armies of Israel
for 40 days. When David came
on the scene, he heard the
same mocking of Goliath that
the rest of the
Israelites heard. But
somehow, those same words
which caused fear in the
soldiers angered David. What
did David know or see that
the others failed to see?
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David
knew that he had a covenant
with God. Now, King Saul and
all the soldiers with him
that day also had the same
covenant with God, but only
David believed the covenant.
And he acted on his belief.
So God caused his giant to
come tumbling down.
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If David had such a
great victory even though he was under
the old covenant, how much more you and
I who are under the new covenant! Today,
God is asking, “Where are my David’s who
will believe the new covenant?”
What is the new
covenant? It is the covenant of grace.
And grace means unmerited, undeserved,
unearned favor. God wants us to know
that He has cut this covenant with us
through Christ our representative. And
according to the covenant, we have His
undeserved favor. We are blessed because
Jesus took our beating. Because of what
Jesus has done on the cross, we have
victory over every giant.
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Isn’t that good news? Today,
God wants you to stand
before you’re “giant” and
declare that in spite of
what you are going through,
in spite of what is
happening, you believe that
God is for you because of
what Jesus has done for you.
And then, before your very
eyes, you will see the
giants of accusation,
intimidation, condemnation,
disease and debt fall flat
before you! |
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