“But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”
Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”
I Samuel 17:34-37
What trial or test might God be using today to strengthen you and prepare you for His plans for your life in the future?
Have you ever stopped to consider this point?
In David’s case, the lion and the bear were preparing him for the uncircumcised Philistine named Goliath.
Of course, he didn’t know in advance.
Why are you having such a difficult time right now?
Like David, you may not know in advance but it could just be God!
He is using the current circumstances to prepare you as a future giant-killer.
David had a choice.
He could fight the lion and the bear – relying on God to help him as he fought
Or
He could run and hide and let the adversary have his way with the sheep.
One choice prepared him while the other choice wasted the opportunity.
Your trials and tests, struggles and troubles offer you the same choice.
What will you choose?
Will you be a ‘giant killer’ in training?
Or
Will you shrink back and miss what God wants to develop in you?
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