Is There Not a Cause?

1 Samuel 17:22-29

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF NOT KNOWING YOUR VALUE1. Happens when during the course

of your life you have been dismissed, devalued, and disregarded by someone close to you who should have been encouraging you

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF NOT KNOWING YOUR VALUE1. Happens when during the course

of your life you have been dismissed, devalued, and disregarded by someone close to you who should have been encouraging you

2. If someone does not know you in Christ, then they go not know you well enough

Thesis:

oWhen you come to Christ you get God as your guide, and God has greatness on your agenda, 1 John 3:2

Point 1.

oGod doesn’t have to do anything to you, all he has to do is remove his protection and presence from you, and you will tear-up your own life.

Point 2.

oWhen you look at the dread that is making you despair from a human point of view, it only takes one giant to stop you.

Point 3.

oThe problem is never how big the giant is, but how

small the giant makes us feel.

SEEING WHAT DAVID SAW

1. His conviction was different than Saul’s—since our speech communicates our consciousness, what we confess becomes what we believe

SEEING WHAT DAVID SAW

1. His conviction was different than Saul’s

2. His perspective was different than Saul’s—when the Devil comes against the child of God he is really defying the Spirit of God

SEEING WHAT DAVID SAW

1. His conviction was different than Saul’s

2. His perspective was different than Saul’s

3. His devotion was different than Saul’s—you can measure the impact of you involvement in God’s cause by the presence and clamor your critics make

Point 4.

o If you have experience then you are trusting God by sight; if you don’t have experience but trust him, you are operating by faith!

SEEING WHAT DAVID SAW

4. David’s faith was different than Saul’s—Goliath was not too big to hit, but he was a target too big to miss

Definition:

oFaith is belief plus doubt, acting on the belief part.

Definition:

Acting in faith means knowing what God said

so you can trust what God tells you.

Point 5.

o If you are living in the will of God, then every giant in your way is also in the way of God.

WHY GIANTS SHOW UP

A. Nothing will grow you up like a giant showing up

WHY GIANTS SHOW UP

A. Nothing will grow you up like a giant showing up

B. Giants give you the opportunity to glorify God

with your life