Authority

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. This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 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."

When I read this passage of scripture, taken out of the book of 1 Samuel 17, the story of David and Goliath, there is one word that resounds over and over in my spirit. Authority.

David stands against his enemy in the fullness of God’s authority. Declares it, fights with it and believes it. There is not an inkling of doubt in that passage. No army could defeat Goliath but one man, standing firm in his Lord with a few rocks and a sling shot, brought the giant down. David was a man who believed in his God and therefore stood unshakeable in His authority.

So, what level of authority do you fight with? As I have been asking myself this question over the last few weeks, I have had to take a brutally honest inventory within. I am at war. With my flesh, emotions, daily circumstances. As the battles have surfaced, I have felt a question ever so sweetly rise in my spirit, “and how big am I now?” As I have honestly searched for the answer, sadly I have come up with varying conclusions. I found that sometimes He was small, others about a medium and occasionally large.

Funny, depending on the circumstance the belief I had in my God waivered. Oddly enough, if I believe in something for someone else there is no limit to what He can do. When it’s something about or for me all of the sudden my God shrinks. This is not acceptable. So, I have found that as I determine within to believe that my God is who He says He is and can do what He says He can do my belief becomes unshakable. For as long as I have trusted Him, He has never abandoned me. I will fight with full authority. I will fight to protect my belief in how absolutely humongous my Father is. I will believe my Lord and Savior over all outward and inward circumstances.

Ladies, sometimes we need to stop and remind ourselves just how big our God is. And ask for His forgiveness for thinking anything less. Everything and anything that stands up against Him, becomes a tiny speck. A grain of sand compared to His vast existence. Rise up, walk, fight, and take rest in His authority.

~Terica