Imagine the peace and contentment we'll experience when we recognize that the shoes of promotion and demotion belong solely to God. We often think we desire justice more than God does or that we want to give people their due rewards more than God does. But let's not forget that vengeance and self-promotion are not ours to wield - they belong to God alone. We should trust in God's perfect justice and timing.

Jonathan accepted God's will for his life, even if it meant a village boy ascends the throne in place of him, a prince. He was willing to be on the bad side of his father, the king, to be on the good side of God. Be content with where God places you. Whatever your lot, it is well with your soul. As for God his ways are always perfect

King Saul knew the same thing Jonathan knew about David, but he reacted differently. King Saul decided to hate David while Jonathan, who had more to lose, decided to be good friends with David. Whether a child of God or not, we go through the same experience,it's our responses that should be different, which will result in different outcomes. We have joy even in chaos!

Boldness is a mark of a righteous person. God can not use a cowardice because everything that God will require of us will require faith. God told Gideon to instruct 22,000 soldiers to return home because they were fearful. God told Joshua severerally at the beginning of his ministry to be bold and courageous. God is telling us to be bold and courageous!

Why fight Goliath? Because there is a cause to. Our lives are bigger than ourselves and are more than us. Mordecai had to remind Queen Esther that despite the comfort and luxury she enjoyed, there was more to her queenship than that. This is one of the filters our decisions should go through before they are made.

Goliath seemed impossible, and David, a caretaker of a few animals. But a critical observance of both will reveal weakness for Goliath and strengths for David. It is amazing how we can see ourselves as grasshoppers in the face of Goliath and forget that we are on the side of the captain of the Lord's host

The same words of Goliath that paralyzed the Israelites were the same words that encouraged David to face him. Fighting the lion and the bear in the wilderness would have been a waste if David was not bold enough to face Goliath. Boldness not just to say yes to fight Goliath but to say No to the King's amoury.

Encouraging yourself in the Lord not only strengthens your faith but also heightens your sensitivity to hear from God. In challenging times, we need two critical things to endure: strength to persevere and divine guidance for the right strategy. Being able to discern God's presence and direction during adversity is essential for overcoming the trials of the evil day.

There is an evil day in everyone's life; a season that makes us feel like God does not exist, and even if he does, He is a liar. We must know how to encourage ourselves in the lord, we must know how to speak to ourselves in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, making melody in our hearts to God. This is the strategy David found.

If the invited guests truly valued being invited to the banquet, they won't have made up such excuses, especially after accepting the invitation. We hardly truly appreciate God and His call the way we say we do, and it just takes one excuse for us to shove Him out of the driving seat of our lives. Consider God's call.