“So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone, and he struck down the Philistine and killed him, but there was no sword in David’s hand. Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it from its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.” 1 Samuel 17:50-51 LEB
The battle was not over yet when Goliath fell. The rock that David slung may have killed the giant, but it hadn’t completed the battle. The warriors around him couldn’t tell that Goliath was dead. David had to grab that sword and do the ugly work of cutting off the head so that those enemies could to see him win more completely.
The giant fell, and that was beautiful.
Please, my friends, remember to see the success in every single battle as it happens.
But… don’t get lazy.
Sometimes you think the battle is over before it is ACTUALLY over.
Sometimes you think it was the last battle when there are still more to come.
Don’t let the giant falling be enough. Cut off its head too.
David proclaimed that first verse before going into battle. He knew that God had things under control. But David also took the action of gathering stones, using his slingshot, running toward the enemy and picking up someone else’s sword (that the was laying there, available to him, provided by who?!) before he declared the battle over.
He declared it won, belonging to the Lord, before it began.
He was ready to fight every step of the way.
Please, hear BOTH of those things.
So now, be blessed with courage and strength as you go out to fight, for the battle is the Lords!
