"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."
1 Samuel 17:45 (NKJV)
What you focus on and what has your attention is very important. You might be driving a car, but if your focus is on something other than the road, you can have a serious problem. You might have a deadline for a project to be done where you work, but if you are focused on planning your vacation instead of working on the project, you will likely have trouble. It could be that what we are paying attention to is really not the most important thing, so we need to be sure we understand what is important and focus on that.
For the Christian, spiritual realities are more important than our natural reality. This does not mean that our natural situation does not exist, or that it is not something we should be aware of, but the spiritual side of our situation is what we need to be focused on. In our life, generally speaking, and in specific situations, we need to look past the natural reality and focus on the spiritual side of things; we need to know what God and His Word have to say about our situation, and we need to put our attention on that.
One of the things we can learn from the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17, is that David was victorious because he focused on the spiritual side of things, while everyone else was focused on the natural side. David recognized that Goliath was defying and fighting against God, but Saul and the army were looking at Goliath's size and listening to what he said, rather than focusing on God and what He said. David succeeded because he looked past the natural situation and focused on the spiritual side of things. God is on our side, and no matter how big the "giant" that we face is, by focusing on God and His Word, we will win.
1 Samuel 17:45 (NKJV)
What you focus on and what has your attention is very important. You might be driving a car, but if your focus is on something other than the road, you can have a serious problem. You might have a deadline for a project to be done where you work, but if you are focused on planning your vacation instead of working on the project, you will likely have trouble. It could be that what we are paying attention to is really not the most important thing, so we need to be sure we understand what is important and focus on that.
For the Christian, spiritual realities are more important than our natural reality. This does not mean that our natural situation does not exist, or that it is not something we should be aware of, but the spiritual side of our situation is what we need to be focused on. In our life, generally speaking, and in specific situations, we need to look past the natural reality and focus on the spiritual side of things; we need to know what God and His Word have to say about our situation, and we need to put our attention on that.
One of the things we can learn from the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17, is that David was victorious because he focused on the spiritual side of things, while everyone else was focused on the natural side. David recognized that Goliath was defying and fighting against God, but Saul and the army were looking at Goliath's size and listening to what he said, rather than focusing on God and what He said. David succeeded because he looked past the natural situation and focused on the spiritual side of things. God is on our side, and no matter how big the "giant" that we face is, by focusing on God and His Word, we will win.