Do not get caught !

One of the great strategies of the devil is to lead us to look to ourselves : our disabilities, our impossibilities, our past mistakes, our sins, our failings, our nature... That's what Goliath did when he asked "a man among the slaves of Saul". He began, as we have already seen, by bringing Israel to catch a carnal combat in which it was impossible for them to come out victorious. But it was not all he did, he tried (and succeeded) to destroy the self-esteem of the people of Israel, encouraging them to consider themselves mere slaves. David's older brother shared the same malice and pride as Goliath, he despised David and his "little sheep" (1 Samuel 17:28) and suspected pride and malice. Eliab could see in David only a little shepherd, with a little flock, going down to battle only to observe like a curious little child. It was rather insulting.

How many people have never realized their true capacity because of the contempt of others. They were taught that they were nothing and that they could not succeed. We focused on their fragile nature and their mistakes. Do not get carried away by this kind of talk !

When we enter the battlefield of the world, do not make us roll by paying attention and believing the thoughts of impossibilities that can cross us. Paul had learned to declare : "We do not preach ourselves ; it is Jesus Christ the Lord whom we preach" (2 Corinthians 4: 5), and it is to him that we must look. We must refuse to look to ourselves. We must refuse to believe that it will be our words and our arguments that will touch and convince people. We must only appeal to God. For "neither by power nor by strength, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts" (Zechariah 4: 6). No matter what we think of ourselves, no matter what people say about us, enemies or friends, we must believe what God says about us, and we must above all believe what God is and what he is able to do.

Jeremy Sourdril