Had a talk with a
close friend and told her how in this life we must have the “Goliaths” and the
“Judas Iscariots” to push us to the next level. We casually spoke of the giants
and the betrayers and that was it. Although, those words kept lingering on my
mind for two consecutive days and I tried understanding the deeper meaning and
understood this:
Goliath’s come in
form of giants and they intimidate you: That top position you applied for but
seems way out of your ‘’league’, that investment you are planning to jump into
but requires a lot of money, that vision you have which your friends say is not attainable, that sickness that doctors have advised you to seek
treatment outside the country because they can’t handle it, you name it! These
are the times you literally hear the situation intimidate you to a point of seeing
yourself as a grasshopper.
Numbers 13:33 And there
we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants. And we were in our
own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
Though one thing with
the “Goliaths” is that, they only intimidate you with their stature and words.
So it becomes easier to destroy them as well using your Words! Your tongue has
power! King David countered Goliath’s words by his own words and thus God
fought on his behalf.
1 Sam
17:45-47 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and
spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you
have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut
off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild
animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by
sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
After
this, the little shepherd boy got his promotion and we all know he ended up as
a King thanks to the Goliath. What if there was no Goliath to challenge David?
Would David have attained that position? Don’t you think your “Goliath” is here
to push you to your next level too? Are you aware of God’s promises over your
life? Go ahead and speak to that Goliath using the Word of God!
Then we have the betrayers;
The Judas Iscariots. These, you can’t destroy them, but they kill themselves in
the quest to destroy you. You eat with them, laugh with them, share your stuff
with them and they go ahead and betray you, forgetting that you already are
aware of what they are doing.
Luke 22:21 But the hand of him who is going to
betray me is with mine on the table.
Many are the times
that the people who betray us are people we were so close to. People who
knew so much about you but deep down, your achievements, progress, the new
business or project, your ministry, marriage and even your social life made
them jealous! They thrive on your
downfall, problems, losses and misery forgetting that even if you fall, you can still rise up!
Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy:
when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
When you encounter
the 'Judases', just go on your knees and let the Lord fight that battle. After all,
after Jesus was betrayed, that’s when He was crucified, died, buried and rose
again on the 3rd day and is now seated at the right hand side of the
Father. It needed a Judas for the crucifixion to
happen the same way, it will take a Judas to take you to your next level.
Matt 27:4-5 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?”
they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Let not any situation
put you down, but allow it to catapult you to your next level in Jesus name!
You are victorious and about to step into your next level!
Shalom
