Spiritual Ignorance (Part 4)
Spiritually speaking, "giants" stand for the difficulties you face in life. You will meet "giant" problems in your family, church, social life, ministry, job, and in your own heart. Your giant may be an addiction, negative emotions like anger or unforgiveness, or an enemy that is coming against you.
It is in the way of duty that you find giants. When Israel was going forward they met giants. When they turned back into the wilderness, they found none. If you are meeting "giant" problems in your life and ministry, the good news is that you are progressing in God. You are advancing to claim territory that affects your destiny.
It is from these three locations where giants remained--Gaza, Ashdod, and Gath--that trouble erupted in later years.
Judges 16-It is in Gaza that we find God's man, Samson, in trouble. In a city where the giants were spared, Samson finds Delilah, is deceived, stripped of his spiritual strength, and taken into captivity. No matter how strong you are in the Lord, if giants are allowed to remain unconquered they have the capacity to destroy your life and ministry.
1 Samuel 4-5 tells about the departure of the Ark from Israel. Ashdod was one of the cities where the evil Philistines took the Ark they had captured and degraded this most holy symbol of God's glory. This is the same Ashdod where Israel left "a few giants.” Unconquered giants will rob you of the glory of God's presence.
1 Samuel 17-One bad thing about leaving giants in the land is that giants give birth to giants. God's people are being held hostage by a giant named Goliath. This man was from the city of Gath, where Israel left a few giants. There would have been no Goliath if the giants had been eliminated as God had commanded.
Unconquered giants in your life breed more giants. These giants will return to taunt you and eventually you will be held hostage by them. You can have your spiritual armor on and be trained in spiritual warfare, but you will be rendered immobile unless you get down on the battlefield and face the giant. Are there "giants" in your life that you need to eliminate?
It is in the way of duty that you find giants. When Israel was going forward they met giants. When they turned back into the wilderness, they found none. If you are meeting "giant" problems in your life and ministry, the good news is that you are progressing in God. You are advancing to claim territory that affects your destiny.
God told Israel to totally destroy the inhabitants of Canaan, including the giants. But Israel did not heed God's warning:
Judges 2:1-3 "...but ye have not obeyed my voice...wherefore...they shall be as thorns in your sides and their gods shall be an snare unto you."
Israel conquered much of Canaan, but they left just a few giants in three cities: Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. The giants allowed to remain became "snares and thorns" for Israel in these cities. Giants breed giants both in the natural and spiritual worlds. If the giants of your life are not eliminated, they will become "snares and thorns" in your spiritual journey to destiny.
It is from these three locations where giants remained--Gaza, Ashdod, and Gath--that trouble erupted in later years.
Judges 16-It is in Gaza that we find God's man, Samson, in trouble. In a city where the giants were spared, Samson finds Delilah, is deceived, stripped of his spiritual strength, and taken into captivity. No matter how strong you are in the Lord, if giants are allowed to remain unconquered they have the capacity to destroy your life and ministry.
1 Samuel 4-5 tells about the departure of the Ark from Israel. Ashdod was one of the cities where the evil Philistines took the Ark they had captured and degraded this most holy symbol of God's glory. This is the same Ashdod where Israel left "a few giants.” Unconquered giants will rob you of the glory of God's presence.
1 Samuel 17-One bad thing about leaving giants in the land is that giants give birth to giants. God's people are being held hostage by a giant named Goliath. This man was from the city of Gath, where Israel left a few giants. There would have been no Goliath if the giants had been eliminated as God had commanded.
Unconquered giants in your life breed more giants. These giants will return to taunt you and eventually you will be held hostage by them. You can have your spiritual armor on and be trained in spiritual warfare, but you will be rendered immobile unless you get down on the battlefield and face the giant. Are there "giants" in your life that you need to eliminate?
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