AIN’T AFRAID TO FIGHT
1 SAMUEL 17: 4, 8, 11, 32, 36
4. AND A CHAMPION WENT OUT FROM THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES; NAMED GOLIATH, FROM GATH, WHOSE HEIGHT WAS 6 CUBITS AND A SPAN
8. THEN HE STOOD AND CRIED OUT TO THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL, AND SAID TO THEM, WHY HAVE YOU COME OUT TO LINE UP FOR BATTLE? AM I NOT A PHILISTINE, AND YOU THE SERVANTS OF SAUL? CHOOSE A MAN FOR YOURSELVES, AND LET HIM COME DOWN TO ME.
11. WHEN SAUL AND ALL ISRAEL HEARD THESE WORDS OF THE PHILISTINE, THEY WERE DISMAYED AND GREATLY AFRAID.
32. THEN DAVID SAID TO SAUL, LET NO MAN’S HEART FAIL HIM BECAUSE OF THIS PHILISTINE
36. YOUR SERVANT HAS KILLED BOTH LION AND BEAR, AND THIS UNCIRCUMSIZED PHILISTINE WILL BE LIKE ONE OF THEM, SEEING HE HAS DEFILED THE ARMIES OF THE LIVING GOD.
FOR THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE WE PETITION YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR ATTENTION AS WE EXTRACT FROM THE TEXT, THE SUBJECT AIN’T AFRAID TO FIGHT. (PAUSE)
I HAVE DISCOVERED OVER THE YEARS THAT SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO GET STRONGER IN YOUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, A TRANSITION IS REQUIRED, AND IT’S THE TRAUMA, OR THE FIGHT DURING THIS TRANSITION THAT SERVES TO BREAK US AWAY FROM THE OLD THINGS THAT WE’VE BECOME SO ACCUSTOM TO, AND THAT WE’VE GROWN TO DEPEND ON.
IN OUR TEXT TODAY, WE FIND DAVID IN ONE OF THOSE TRANSITIONAL PERIODS. YOU SEE, HE’S ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN AND ANNOINTED BY GOD TO BE THE NEXT KING OF ISRAEL AND THE BIBLE SAYS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD HAS RESTED UPON HIM IN A WAY THAT IT HAS NEVER RESTED ON HIM BEFORE.
WE ALSO FIND THE PHILISTINES ENGAGED IN WAR WITH ISRAEL.
AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE READ THIS STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT UNTIL I BEGAN TO WORK ON THIS TEXT, I DIDN’T REALIZE, I COULDN’T SEE THAT GOLIATH IS DOING NOTHING MORE THAN PLAYING A MIND GAME WITH THE ARMY OF ISRAEL. AND THAT TELLS ME, THAT MOST OF THE BATTLES WE WILL ENCOUNTER IN THIS LIFE BEGINS WITH A MIND GAME.
GOLIATH IS STANDING ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE YELLING INSULTS AND THREATS AT THE ARMY OF ISRAEL.
COME ON CLETIS, AIN’T NOTHING BUT A SHORT WALK OVER HERE.
SURELY YOU HAVE A MAN AMONG YOU WHO’S BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME OUT AND FACE ME?
NOW YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS ALSO; GOLIATH, AIN’T HIT NOBODY.
HE HASN’T THROWN HIS SPEAR AT ANYBODY
HE HASN’T SHOT ANYBODY WITH HIS ARROWS
HE’S JUST STANDING ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE WOOFING AT THEM
AND THEY’RE HUDDLED UP IN THE VALLEY, TERRIFIED, AND DISMAYED AND DOWNHEARTED SIMPLY BY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HE CAN DO.
AND THERE ARE SOME OF YOU SITTING HERE THIS MORNING WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AND YOU’RE LOOKING AT YOUR STUFF.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES AND YOU’RE TERRIFIED, BY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN DO.
YOU HAVEN’T LOST YOUR HOUSE YET, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE…
YOU HAVEN’T LOST YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR WIFE YET, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE…
YOUR CHILDREN AIN’T GONE CRAZY YET, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE
YOU ARE TERRIFIED, BY WHAT STUFF LOOKS LIKE
AND THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE YOU NEED TO SEE. GOLIATH HADN’T REALLY HURT ANYBODY; HE JUST HAD A BAD REPUTATION.
IT’S LIKE, YOUR CREDIT RATING HASN’T HURT YOU YET, ITS JUST GOT A REPUTATION
YOUR BOSS AIN’T FIRED YOU YET, HE’S JUST GOT A REPUTATION
YOUR HUSBAND AIN’T DID NOTHING WRONG YET, HE’S JUST GOT A REPUTATION
YOUR WIFE AIN’T WALKED OUT ON YOU YET, SHE’S JUST GOT A REPUTATION
THE ARMY OF ISRAEL IS SCARED TO DEATH OVER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE GOLIATH CAN DO
AND HERE COMES DAVID ON THE SCENE AND HE SAYS, I’LL FIGHT YOU, BECAUSE I AIN’T AFRAID TO FIGHT
BUT WHY WASN’T DAVID AFRAID WHEN THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL WERE SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS?
THIS GIANT OF A MAN IS 9 ½ FEET TALL
HE’S GOT ON A BIG OLD HELMET,
BIG OLD SWORDON HIS SIDE,
BIG OLD SPEAR IN HIS HAND, AND A BAD REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY, SO WHY ISN’T DAVID AFRAID TO FIGHT?
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ANYBODY WITH GOOD COMMON SENSE WOULD BE TERRIFIED LIKE THE REST OF THE ARMY, BUT NOT DAVID.
SO I ANALYZED AND EXEGIZED AND EXAMINED THE TEXT FURTHER AND FOUND WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE FIVE REASONS WHY DAVID WASN’T AFRAID.
THE FIRST REASON WAS BECAUSE DAVID WEIGHED THE DIFFICULTIES FROM A DIVINE PROSPECTIVE RATHER THAN A SECULAR PERSPECTIVE. YOU SEE, HERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GOD TO DISPLAY HIS AWESOME POWER.
HERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GOD TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT.
THE SECOND REASON DAVID WAS NOT AFRAID WAS BECAUSE HE SAW THE ENEMY FOR WHO HE WAS. AND GOD IS SAYING TO YOU THIS MORNING…THE PROBLEM WITH YOU IS YOU DON’T SEE THE ENEMY FOR WHO HE IS.
THAT’S WHY WHEN FOLK GET UPSET WITH ME NOW AND DON’T WANT TO SPEAK TO ME AND DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH ME, NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING THAT I’VE DONE TO THEM PERSONALLY, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID,
I DON’T GET STRESSED OUT ANYMORE BECAUSE I SEE THE ENEMY FOR WHO HE IS AND THE BIBLE TELLS ME IN DETAIL,
WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE, AGAINST SPIRITUAL HOST OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES.
AND THAT TELLS ME, YOU DON’T SEE THE ENEMIES SITUATION FOR WHAT IT IS. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU’RE STRUGGLING YOU THINK IT’S GOD DOING IT TO YOU
BUT REMEMBER WHEN HE TOLD YOU, THAT NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU WOULD PROSPER, AND RIGHT BEFORE THAT HE SAID THEY’RE GOING TO GATHER AGAINST YOU BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO COME FROM ME. SO WHY DO YOU ALWAYS THINK IT’S GOD OUT TO GET YOU?
YES, THERE ARE TRIALS AND SITUATIONS HE MAY TAKE YOU THROUGH TO MAKE YOU STRONGER, BUT MOST OF THE MESS YOU ENCOUNTER IN YOUR LIFE, YOU THINK IT’S GOD, BECAUSE YOU DON’T SEE THE ENEMY FOR WHO HE IS.
DAVID SAW GOLIATH FOR WHAT HE WAS AND HE SAID, WHO IS THIS UNCIRCUMSIZED PHILISTINE? BUT WHAT DID THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?
IT HAS A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE DAVID WAS SAYING, THIS GUY IS NOT IN COVENANT WITH GOD, BUT I AM.
YOU SEE, WHEN GOD MADE A COVENANT, WHICH WAS A SPIRITUAL AGREEMENT, IT WAS BINDING.
WHEN THE ISRAELITES MADE A COVENANT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY WOULD CUT AN ANIMAL IN HALF AND THEY WOULD SEPARATE THE TWO HALVES.
AND THE TWO THAT HAD COVENANT WITH EACH OTHER WOULD WALK THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING TO EACH OTHER IS, MAY GOD DO THIS TO EITHER OF US IF WE DON’T KEEP THIS COVENANT
SO THE IDEA OF CUTTING BECAME PART OF AN AGREEMENT THAT ISRAEL HAD, SO WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR GOD’S PEOPLE TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH HIM, GOD CAME UP WITH WHAT IS CALLED CIRCUMCISION.
CIRCUMSION IS THE CUTTING AWAY OF THE FORESKIN OF THE MALE PENIS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, THERE IS SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT’S NEAR AND DEAR TO YOU, BUT YOU DON’T NEED IT.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU, BUT IT’S NOT NECESSARY. AND I’M GOING TO CUT AWAY FROM YOU THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU,
THOSE THINGS THAT ARE DEAR TO YOU, THOSE THINGS THAT DEFINE YOU AS A PERSON, BECAUSE YOU DON’T NEED IT.
AND THAT CUTTING AWAY IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND NOW WE’RE IN COVENANT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO WHEN DAVID LOOKED AT GOLIATH, HE SAID THIS GUY IS NOT IN COVENANT
GOD, AND ME, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT, SO HOW IS SOMEBODY WHO DON’T HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH GOD, GOING TO DEFY AND DEFILE THE PEOPLE OF GOD WHO ARE IN COVENANT WITH HIM? I STOPPED BY HERE TO TELL YOU SECOND BAPTIST THAT WHAT’S FIGHTING YOU IS NOT IN THE COVENANT.
AND ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT’S NOT IN THE COVENANT HAS NO CONTROL OVER YOU, SO YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT YOUR HEALTH AND SAY SICKNESS, YOU UNCIRCUMSIZED THANG, YOU’RE NOT IN THIS COVENANT,
YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT YOUR FINANCES AND SAY, POVERTY AIN’T IN THIS COVENANT,
YOU UNCIRCUMSIZED CHECKBOOK, YOU’RE NOT IN THE COVENANT
YOU UNCIRCUMSIZED MIND… DEPRESSION AND MOOD SWINGS, ARE NOT, IN THE COVENANT
BECAUSE MY COVENANT SAYS JOY
MY COVENANT SAYS PEACE
MY COVENANT SAYS LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
MY CRAZY CHILDREN ACTING UP AT HOME, ARE NOT PART OF THE COVENANT, BECAUSE MY COVENANT, SAYS GREAT WILL BE THE PEACE OF MY CHILDREN
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR PROBLEMS AGAIN AND SAY WAIT A MINUTE…THE WORD SAYS GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD. YOU UNCIRCUMSIZED PHILISTINE, YOU AIN’T IN MY COVENANT, AND I AIN’T AFRAID TO FIGHT
I STOPPED BY HERE TO TELL YOU, ANYTHING THAT’S NOT IN THE COVENANT CAN’T DEFEAT THE ARMY OF GOD
IF YOU TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ENEMY YOU MIGHT NOT BE SO AFRAID
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT YOUR AILMENTS AND YOU MAY FIND THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE A PHYSICAL AILMENT BUT YOUR LACK OF DISCIPLINE
LOOK AT YOUR EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY, AND IT MAY NOT BE THAT YOU HAVE MOOD SWINGS
IT MAY NOT BE THAT YOU’RE BIPOLAR
IT MAY NOT BE THAT YOU HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS,
IT MAY NOT BE THAT YOU HAVE POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER…BUT IT MIGHT BE YOUR FEAR OF REJECTION
LOOK AT YOUR ENEMY AGAIN. LOOK AT YOUR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. IT MAY NOT BE THAT YOU’RE GOING BANKRUPT, BUT THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR BUTT OUT OF THEM STORES
IT MAY BE THAT YOU NEED TO PAY YOUR TITHES
LOOK AT YOUR FAMILY PROBLEMS AGAIN. IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT YOUR CHILD HAS A.D.D. OR A.D.H.D.
IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT YOUR FAMILY IS FALLING APART, IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT YOU NEED TO BE THE PARENTS THAT GOD HAS COMMANDED YOU TO BE
TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT, AND ALONG THE WAY, IF YOU SPARE THE ROD, YOU’LL SPOIL THE CHILD.
LOOK…AT YOUR ENEMY AGAIN, IF IT’S NOT PART OF YOUR COVENANT, YOU OUGHT TO SAY WITH AUTHORITY AND CONVICTION, I AIN’T, AFRAID TO FIGHT
DAVID WAS ABLE TO SAY IN THE EVENING OF HIS LIFE, YEA THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH… I WILL FEAR NO EVIL… FOR THOU ART WITH ME
HE DOESN’T HIDE ME AWAY IN A CORNER, BUT HE PREPAREST A TABLE FOR ME, IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES SO THEY CAN TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ME
AND IF IT GETS TO BE TOO MUCH FOR ME TO BEAR, THEM TWO TWINS, YOU KNOW, GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE
WHAT’S FIGHTING YOU SECOND BAPTIST AIN’T IN THE COVENANT. I’M CALLING YOU WHAT YOU ARE…YOU UNCIRCUMSIZED PHILISTINE, YOU CAN’T HANG ONTO ME NO LONGER
SO DAVID WAS NOT AFRAID BECAUSE HE REALIZED WHO THE ENEMY REALLY WAS AND THE THIRD REASON DAVID WASN’T AFRAID… WAS HE REALIZED THAT THE ENEMY DIDN’T KNOW WHO HE WAS
STAY WITH ME NOW…GOLIATH SAID, AM I NOT A PHILISTINE AND YOU THE SERVANTS OF SAUL?
DAVID SAID, AHH, I SEE. HE THINKS I’M A SERVANT OF SAUL. THE ENEMY DOESN’T KNOW WHO I AM.
YOU SEE, THE GREATEST ADVANTAGE IN ANY KIND OF BATTLE IS WHEN THE ENEMY UNDERESTIMATES WHO YOU ARE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS BEAT YOUR ENEMIES WHEN THEY DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT YOUR BANK STATEMENT, YOU NEED TO TELL THE DEVIL, I’M GOING TO BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES, AND WHEN THAT CHECK COMES IN THE MAIL AT THE RIGHT TIME, YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT THE ENEMY AND SAY…YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THAT DID YOU?
SOMETIMES WHEN YOUR CO-WORKERS ARE TRIPPING WITH YOU ON YOUR JOB, YOU OUGHT TO COME IN WITH PRAISE AND A DANCE AND WHEN YOU GET THAT PROMOTION, LOOK AT THE ONES WHO TALKED ABOUT YOU, AND SAY YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THAT DID YOU?
WHEN SICKNESS COMES UP AGAINST YOU AND YOU TRUST IN THE LORD AND LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING AND YOU GO BACK TO THE DR., AND HE TELLS YOU HE CAN’T FIND A THING WRONG WITH YOU, LOOK AT THE ENEMY AND SAY, YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THAT DID YOU?
DAVID HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THIS FOOL DON’T KNOW WHO I AM, HE THINKS I’M A SERVANT OF SAUL, HOW CAN HE DEFY THE ARMIES OF THE LIVING GOD,
DAVID KNEW WHO HE WAS, BUT OUR PROBLEM IS, WE DON’T KNOW WHO WE ARE OR WHOSE WE ARE
AND WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE YOU CAN’T WAGE WAR, BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE PACKING
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR BACK POCKET
YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF WHO YOU ARE IN GOD
GOLIATH WAS DEFEATED BECAUSE HE UNDER-ESTIMATED WHO DAVID WAS
BUT DAVID KNEW WHO HE WAS, AND HE KNEW HE WAS IN COVENANT WITH GOD AND HE COULD GO OUT THERE AND TELL GOLIATH,
THE VICTORY IS NOT IN MY STATUE
IT’S NOT IN MY SKILLS
IT’S NOT IN MY AGE
IT’S NOT IN MY SWORD
IT’S NOT IN MY MILITARY STRATEGY
BUT THE VICTORY, IS IN THE COVENANT
THE FOURTH REASON DAVID WAS NOT AFRAID WAS BECAUSE
HE HAD A PASSION FOR THE KINGDOM
HE’S SITTING THERE, AND HE’S LISTENING, AND HE SAYS I CAN’T LET GOD’S KINGDOM GO OUT LIKE THAT
LOOK AT US, WE’RE EMBARRASING GOD. THE WHOLE NATION IS BEING INTIMIDATED BY ONE MAN WHO DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO WE ARE AND I CAN’T LET THE KINGDOM OF GOD GO OUT LIKE THAT
WHAT DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR SECOND BAPTIST?
WHATEVER IT IS, YOUR PASSION WILL OVER-RIDE YOUR FEAR
I’M NOT A FIGHTER, BUT IF YOU TAP IN ON THE RIGHT THING, AT THE RIGHT TIME YOU’LL BRING OUT THE FIGHT IN ME.
WHEN YOU MESS WITH SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY THAT I HAVE A PASSION FOR, ALL FEAR GOES ASIDE BECAUSE I AIN’T AFRAID TO FIGHT
DAVID, HAD A PASSION FOR THE KINGDOM AND HE WASN’T GOING TO LET THE ARMY OF GOD GO OUT LIKE WUSSIES SO HIS PASSION OVER-RODE HIS FEAR
DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH PASSION TO FIGHT OR DOES ALL OF YOUR ACQUANTANCES STILL THINK GOD’S LAST NAME IS DAMN?
WHO OR WHAT IS GOD GOING TO HAVE TO TOUCH IN YOUR LIFE TO FIND THE FIGHT IN YOU?
THE FIFTH REASON DAVID WAS NOT AFRAID WAS BECAUSE HE WAS ANNOINTED TO FIGHT. HE KNEW HE HAD A SUPERNATURAL ABILITY TO FIGHT.
AND SOME OF YOU SITTING HERE THIS MORNING, HAVE BEEN ANNOINTED TO FIGHT,
BUT YOU’RE SO INTELLECTUAL
YOU’RE SO REFINED
YOU’RE SO POMP AND PROUD
YOU’RE SO INTELLIGENT
YOU’RE SO SUAVE AND DEBONAIR,
YOU’RE SO CUTE
THAT THE HOOD RAT AND THE TRAILER TRASH IN YOU HAS BECOME DORMANT
WELL, HOW DO I KNOW I’M ANNOINTED TO FIGHT, I’M GLAD YOU ASKED ME
IF YOU WERE EVER THE BULLY ON THE PLAYGROUND, YOU’RE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
IF YOU WERE THE BIG BROTHER OR THE BIG SISTER THAT WAS CALLED, WHEN YOUR LITTLE BROTHER OR SISTER GOT IN TROUBLE, YOU ARE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
IF YOU EVER SLAPPED SOMEBODY UP SIDE THE HEAD BECAUSE THEY GOT INTO YOUR CHEETOS, YOU’RE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
IF YOU EVER WHIPPED SOMEBODY ABOUT WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU WAS GOING TO GO WITH, YOU ARE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
IF YOU EVER KICKED OFF YOUR SHOES
AND SNATCHED OFF YOUR WIG
AND PULLED OFF YOUR EAR RINGS, YOU ARE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
IF YOU SLEEP, WITH YOUR FIST BALLED UP, JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY START SOMETHING, YOU ARE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
AND THAT’S WHO I STOPPED BY HERE TODAY TO TALK TO
I WANT TO TALK TO THE THUGS IN THE HOUSE
I WANT TO TALK TO THE FOLK, WHO KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU OFF
I WANT TO TALK TO THE BAR-ROOM BRAWLERS
BECAUSE YOU… ARE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
I WANT TO TALK TO THE BIG SISTERS WHO USE TO SLAP THEIR LITTLE BROTHERS AROUND
I WANT TO TALK TO THE WARRIORS IN THE HOUSE
I WANT TO TALK TO THOSE, WHO ARE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
I STOPPED BY HERE TO RECRUIT THE POWERFUL FEW, WHO ARE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT,
THIS IS NOT A BATTLE FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
MAMA’S BOYS ARE NOT INVITED
WIMPS AND WUSSIES TAKE A BACK SEAT
FAINT OF HEART MOVE TO THE REAR
I’M LOOKING, FOR THOSE WHO ARE ARMED WITH THE CROSS THAT DEFEATED SATAN
THE CROSS THAT BOUGHT MY SALVATION
I’M LOOKING, FOR THOSE WHO ARE ARMED WITH THE BLOOD THAT SATAN CAN’T CROSS OVER
THE BLOOD, THAT MAKES HIM PASS ME BY
THE BLOOD THAT GIVES ME HEALING, AND RENEWS MY STRENGTH
THE BLOOD THAT COVERS MY SINS
I’M LOOKING, FOR THOSE, WHO AIN’T AFRAID TO FIGHT
THOSE… WHO ARE ARMED… WITH THE WORD, THAT MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
THE WORD THAT PUT THE STARS IN THE SKY
THE WORD THAT DEFEATED EVERY LIE OF THE ENEMY
THE WORD THAT PULLS DOWN STRONGHOLDS
I’M LOOKING, FOR THOSE, WHO ARE ARMED WITH THE NAME THAT MAKES DEMONS TREMBLE
THE NAME THAT HAS HEALING
THE NAME THAT HAS DELIVERANCE
FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME GIVEN AMONG MEN WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED
I’M LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ON THEIR 6 PIECE SUIT AND ARE READY FOR BATTLE
THEY HAVE ON, THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
THEIR LOINS, ARE GIRDED WITH THE TRUTH
THEY HAVE ON, THE HELMET OF SALVATION
THEIR FEET, ARE SHOD WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE
THEY HAVE THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD
THE SHIELD OF FAITH, ON THEIR SIDE
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO FIND THE FIGHT IN YOU, I’M LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO ARE ANNOINTED TO FIGHT
YOU OUGHT TO LOOK THAT OLD DEVIL IN THE EYE AND TELL HIM, WHEN I WAS AT A LOW POINT IN MY LIFE YOU ALMOST HAD ME
WHEN I COULDN’T MAKE ENDS MEET
WHEN ALL HOPE WAS GONE
WHEN MY WIFE WALKED OFF AND LEFT ME
WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT COMMITTING SUICIDE
WHEN I WAS ON THAT OLD CRACK PIPE
WHEN ALCOHOL WAS MY BEST FRIEND
BUT YOU MISSED OUT, ON A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I REMEMBER DAVID SAID, THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, AND I SHALL NOT WANT
YEA THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY, OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR THOU ART WITH ME
SO I’M PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE,
FROM THIS POINT ON, YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK
BECAUSE GOD DID NOT GIVE ME THE SPIRIT OF FEAR AND BECAUSE OF HIS MERCY, I AIN’T AFRAID…
