Bold Trust

 

Psalm 31:14

But I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”

 

If you are a disciple of Jesus, then you have faith or trust God.

 

Trust that God has forgiven your sin.

Trust that God hears your prayers.

Trust that God loves you.

 

But do we have trust in God that He brings us victory over fear and death and sin?

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is trusting God for victory in this life and eternal life.

 

In 1 Samuel 17, David is sent by his father to take food to his brothers who were serving in the army of Israel under King Saul. While he is there, he hears the challenge that the Philistine giant Goliath gives to the army of Israel. He also sees the fear in the army of Israel because none of the soldiers will accept the challenge and go and fight Goliath.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is trusting God to put you where He wants you to be.

 

In 1 Samuel 17:32 David tells King Saul that he will go and fight Goliath. Saul at first doubts that David has any chance against Goliath, but David convinces Saul that he can defeat Goliath, so Saul agrees to let him go and fight Goliath.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is allowing the Holy Spirit to give you a godly boldness so that you can allow God to use you in risky situations.

 

In 1 Samuel 17:38 Saul gives David a suit of armor and a sword, but these are not the weapons David is to use to using. In 1 Samuel 17:40 David uses the weapons he was to use to, a sling and some stones.

 

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 says, “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.”

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is using the weapons of God, not the weapons of the world.

 

In 1 Samuel 17:45-47 David confronts Goliath and says, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defiled. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with the sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord’s and He will give you into our hand.”

 

If David had been operating against Goliath in the flesh, in his own strength and resources and using the weapons of the world, he would have been defeated.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is operating in the power of the Holy Spirit.

 

In 1 Samuel 17:49-50 David does exactly what he says he will do. He strikes Goliath with a rock in the forehead and kills him and then cuts off his head.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is obeying and trusting God which will always lead to victory.

 

Earlier in 1 Samuel 13:14, David is referred to as a man after God’s own heart. We see the reality of that truth as he faces and defeats Goliath.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is trusting God to transforms us into who He created us to be.

 

We need to remember:

God can do the impossible. That is revealed in Matthew 19:26 where Jesus tells His disciples that with humans it is impossible but with God all things are possible.

 

We need to keep our focus on Jesus. In Matthew 14:28-30 Peter walked on the water while he was focused on Jesus but sank when he focused on the storm.

 

We need to use what God gives us. Ephesians 4:7 reveals that God gives to each of us the measure of grace that we need.

 

We trust God for victory. Isaiah 12:2 reminds us that God is our strength and gives us the victory.

 

Following Jesus means that we trust God for everything.

 

Trusting God, Raising the Roof, and Removing the Walls,

Joe