From Carolyn's Pen

I received the following devotional reading as an email.  Please read this and be encouraged that you are a winner regardless of the size of the giant you may be facing.

The Battle is the Lord's

The instant he went out to fight Goliath, David began to declare victory saying, "You come against me with a sword and spear ... but I come against you in the name of the Lord ... [He] will hand you over to me ... and the whole world will know ... there is a God in Israel ... for the battle is the Lord's and He will give all of you into our hands" (I Samuel 17:45-47 NIV).  Nobody around him seemed to have figured God into the equation, but David talked about nothing else.  He saw what they didn't and refused to acknowledge what they did.  Why?  Because he knew that the God he served was bigger than the giant he faced.  Is your God that big?

If you are in a seemingly hopeless situation where there appears to be no way out, instead of wasting time and energy dwelling on your weaknesses and shortcomings, begin to focus on God's power.  When you focus on the enemy, you stumble; but when you focus on God, the enemy stumbles.  You will never win if  you fight in your own strength; so don't even go there!  God's already 'given you authority ... over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall ...  harm you" (Luke 10:19 AMP).  Paul writes, "Put on God's [coat of armor] ... that you may be able successfully to stand ... against [all] the strategies ... of the devil" (Ephesians 6:11 AMP).  But your coat of armor won't protect you if you leave it hanging in the closet.  You have got to put it on!

Three things Satan can't withstand are:  God's Word, Christ's blood, and the Name of Jesus.  When you use them, you will bring him down every time  -  just like David toppled Goliath!