We are more than conquerors!

Number 5.

The story of the underdog is often the one of David and Goliath. against what seemed insurmountable odds he ‘volunteers’ to challenge the champion of the Philistines who had issued a challenge to the armies of the Kingdom of Israel to send their best to fight him, and whoever won the other side would surrender.

Apparently in history this was one way of avoiding mass bloodshed by only pitting the two individual opponents against each other, with the gentleman’s agreement that the side that lost would cede defeat. David remembers and recalls the times he fought off a lion and a bear by killing them to defend his fathers sheep. With this recall of his previous victories, he launches himself head on into making history by becoming the founder of the ‘City of David’ now being hotly contested by others as not being a part of the Jewish homeland, Jerusalem.

I have had the privilege of visiting the Old Town and walls in person and can say without shame or fear that Jerusalem is the undivided capital of not only the people of Israel, but will also be the future capital of an eternal kingdom that rules the world with justice and equity as foretold in the Bible.

14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring a forever. 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.” – Genesis 13: 14-17 (NIV)

You can argue all you want about who owns the land, but one way that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (later renamed Israel by God) makes His words known as truth is when He speaks of things to come and they happen. This is commonly known as prophecy. The Book of Revelation and Daniel are two such books that tell of the end times. It is only fair that if you believe it is a bunch of nonsense and contradictions to dismiss it, but things have come to pass with such accuracy, including the foretelling of the coming of the ‘Messiah’ in Isaiah 53, and the accounts of what He did and accomplished in the three years He ministered on earth.

If there is anything you can take away from the story of David and Goliath is that you have everything in your hands to defeat whatever giants will rise up against you and those you love. It only takes faith and to remember how many times God has seen you through what seemed like impossible situations for you to even get through in one piece.

As 2023 sets in just remember that you are not the underdog if God is on your side!