Today's encouragement comes from 1 Chronicles 20:8, where we read these words:
"These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants."What problems do we have, that were (and are) "born" of the "giants" that have harassed us (perhaps for years)? Whatever they are, they may (and will) fall at the feet of our great King Jesus, the true and ultimate "David." Even as David, the shepherd boy, slew Goliath, the experienced soldier—so it is that all sincere and regenerate churchmen overwhelm all God's enemies, by faith.
The Lord allows "big" troubles to assail us, so as to show us just how great He truly is. God also does this so as to make us more *like* Christ; to cause us to experience a bit of a taste of what Jesus went through; and so as to make us better and more fierce warriors in and as His church.
[Puritan quote of the day: "In heaven the saints rest with God, on earth they walk with Him.” —Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divinity"]
