JUST DO IT
1 SAMUEL 17
HERE’S A STORY OF A GUY THAT WAS YOUNG AND GOOD LOOKING, LIKE ME, THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF SHEEP. HIS NAME WAS DAVID. HE LIVED IN A LAND THAT WAS CLOSE TO GIANTS. AMONG THESE TALL PEOPLE, LIKE ME EXCEPT
ONLY LIKE FIVE FEET TALLER, WAS A GIANT INPARTICULAR THAT WOULD LOVE TO HARASS THE PLACE WHERE DAVID USED TO LIVE. HE KIND OF MADE IT HIS HOBBY, KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? WELL, THE KING WAS GETTING TIRED OF THIS CERTAIN GIANT THAT KEPT ON MESSING WITH THE TOWNSPEOPLE AND YOU KNOW HOW SOME PEOPLE ARE WHEN THEY ARE TOO WIMPY TO DO SOMETHING BY THEMSELVES, THEY ALWAYS GO TO THE “MAIN MAN” TO DO WHAT WIMPY PEOPLE
DO BEST: COMPLAIN, AND THE PEOPLE STARTED COMPLAINING TO THE KING. YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE WHEN SOMEONE PLAYS THE DRUMS TOO LOUD AND SOMEONE GOES TO THE PASTOR AND TELLS HIM OR HER, “WELL, I DON’T MEAN TO
COMPLAIN, OKAY, “BUT!” THAT LITTLE GUY, OKAY, WELL, HIS DRUMS BURST MY EAR DRUM, OKAY.” AND THEN THEY THREATEN, “DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT OR I WON’T GIVE YOU MY 5% TITHE ANYMORE!” THEN, EVEN IF THE DRUMMER DOES
STOP, THEY STILL WON’T GIVE THEIR TITHES ANYWAY! SO, WHEN THE PASTOR GOES AND ASKS THE DRUMMER TO NOT PLAY AS LOUD, THE DRUMMER GETS MAD, AND BANGS ON THEM SKINS EVEN HARDER! INSTEAD OF THERE BEING A UNITY IN
VISION TO KEEP PEACE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL, THERE IS DIVISION. ANYHOW, THE KING WOULD ORDER THIS GIANT TO STOP HARASSING THE CITY, BUT THE GIANT, LIKE THE DRUMMER, WAS STUBBORN AND WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE FACT THAT HE WAS TEN FEET TALL AND FIVE FEET WIDE, AND WOULD KEEP ON HARASSING THE TOWNSPEOPLE EVEN MORE. ONE TIME, THE KING ANNOUNCED TO ALL THE MEN THAT WHOEVER WOULD KILL THE GIANT, AS A REWARD, WOULD BE WEALTHY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, WOULD MARRY HIS
DAUGHTER, AND THAT HIS PARENTS WOULDN’T PAY TAXES ANYMORE IN ISRAEL. WELL, MAYBE NOT THE TAX PART, BUT THERE WERE GREAT BENEFITS! AS DAVID WAS PASSING BY A GROUP OF “BATTLE DUDES” WITH HIS SHEEP, HE OVERHEARD
THE CONVERSATION AND STARTED THINKING, “AHH, I WANT TO BE RICH. HEY, EVEN BETTER, I WANT MY PARENTS TO BE TAX EXEMPT.” THEN, AS HE KEPT ON WALKING, HE PAUSED FOR A WHILE AND A BIG SMILE CAME TO HIS FACE. HE GOT
REALLY EXCITED AND SAID TO HIMSELF, “AHHH, I WANT THE GIRL!” ALL HE COULD HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND WERE THE SHEEP SINGING, “BAAAAAAAAH, COME ON AND GET THE GIRL...” SO, THEN, TO MAKE SURE HE WOULD GET THE GIRL, I MEAN, TO MAKE SURE OF WHAT THE REWARDS WERE, HE ASKED ONE OF THE OTHER GUYS, “HEY, MAN, WHAT ARE THE REWARDS FOR THE ONE WHO KILLS THE GIANT?” THEN, ONE OF THE GUYS WAS LIKE, “YOU WANT THE GIRL, RIGHT?” DAVID WAS LIKE, “I’M SO OFFENDED! I JUST WANT TO BE A GOOD VETERAN FOR MY COUNTRY AND SERVE MY PEOPLE AND, YEAH, I GUESS, I WANT THE GIRL.” WELL, IT JUST SO
HAPPENED THAT DAVID’S BROTHER SAW AND HEARD THIS AND LIKE MANY PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY FIND OUT SOMEONE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES IS STARTING TO STIR UP SOMETHING IN THE CHURCH THAT WILL MOTIVATE AND BRING REVIVAL, HE GOT MAD. NOW LISTEN, THEY DON’T GET MAD AT THE PERSON. THEY GET MAD AT THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY NEVER DID WHAT IT IS THAT THE OTHER PERSON IS GOING TO STIR UP. THEN, THEY TAKE IT OUT ON THAT OTHER PERSON HOPING
THEY WILL NOT SUCCEED. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT JESUS PROBABLY PUT THAT SAME DESIRE OR WILL IN THEM, BUT SINCE THEY NEVER ACTED UPON IT, THE LORD LAID THAT SAME DESIRE IN SOMEONE ELSE’S HEART AND THAT OTHER PERSON SAID, “YES LORD,” INSTEAD OF SAYING, “MAYBE LATER, LORD.” BY GRACE OF GOD, WE DON’T HAVE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HERE, RIGHT??? WELL, DAVID’S BROTHERS
STARTED TELLING HIM, “QUE? TE CREES MUCHO O QUE? VETE PARA TU CASA. ESTAS MUY CHIQUITO! YOU NEED TO BE STRONG LIKE US, KID!” THEN, DAVID TURNED AROUND AND SAID, “I WAS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! I DON’T SPEAK SPANISH!” SO, HE TURNED AWAY AND WENT FORTH TOWARDS THE KINGS PALACE, RISKING HIS LIFE. WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE KING, THE
KING MUST HAVE THOUGHT, “WELL, I GUESS WORSE WOULD BE HAVING A MONKEY DO THE JOB.” THEY STARTED GETTING HIM INTO HIS ARMOR, BUT POOR LITTLE DAVID WAS PROBABLY FALLING DOWN BECAUSE THE WORD SAYS THAT THE ARMOR MADE HIM “WIGGLY”, OR UNCOMFORTABLE. WELL, DAVID WASN’T COMFORTABLE WITH HIS ARMOR ON, SO, HE SAID, “I DON’T WANT THIS JUNK ON ME! I’M A MAN!” PROBABLY AT THAT TIME, HIS BROTHERS WERE PROBABLY STILL SHOUTING, “DAVID, YOU ARE TOO YOUNG! YOU’RE BARELY 17, BRO!” THEN, DAVID PROBABLY TURNED AROUND AND SAID, “AND I TOLD YOU, I’M NOT SEVENTEEN, I’M SEVENTEEN AND A HALF!” DAVID MUST HAVE TAKEN OFF HIS
ARMOR AND TAKEN OUT HIS SECRET WEAPON. SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE THAT’S GONNA GET IN THE RING NEEDS: A POWER BAR. NOT JUST ANY POWERBAR, BUT AN A+ POWERBAR FROM ALBERTSONS. HE PROBABLY TOOK OUT A POWERADE FROM JUNIOR’S SUPERMARKET AND SAID, “IT TASTES LIKE GOOD
STUFF, BUT SMELLS LIKE MEAT.” AFTER HE WAS PUMPED UP, HE TOOK OUT HIS RENEGADE SLINGSHOT HE HAD IMPORTED FROM ACADEMY IN MC ALLEN, TEXAS. HE MUST HAVE LOOKED TOWARDS WHERE THE GIANT WAS AND PROBABLY SAID, “AH, MAN, YOU’S A LITTLE BIG THINGIE!” THE GIANT PROBABLY KEPT ON GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER AND DAVID KEPT ON MOVING FURTHER AND FURTHER BACK. THEN, HE PROBABLY LOOKED TOWARDS WHERE THE KING WAS AND SAW THE GIRL.... THE SHEEP WERE PROBABLY BEHIND THE PRINCESS SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE SINGING, “BAAAAAAAAAAAAH BOY’S TO SACRED, COME ON AND GET THE GIRL!” THEN WHEN HE SAW THE PRINCESS HE WAS PROBABLY LIKE, “HEY, NO ONE
IS GONNA KEEP ME FROM GETTING THIS GIRL. I’M GONNA WIN SO I CAN KISS THE GIRL!” SO HE PICKED UP A FEW ROCKS. WHEN THE GIANT SAW HIM WITH THE ROCKS, HE MOCKED HIM AND HIS GOD. IT PROBABLY SOUNDED SOMETHING LIKE, “WHAT, DO I BARK? DO I HAVE A TAIL TO WAG? DO I EVEN LOOK LIKE A DOG?” DAVID PROBABLY INTERRUPTED BY SAYING, “YOU LOOKING LIKE ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!” THE GIANT PROBABLY KEPT ON GETTING CLOSER AND ASKED AGAIN, “DO I REALLY LOOK LIKE A DOG? WHY DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GONNA TREAT ME LIKE ONE?” DAVID’S RESPONSE WAS PROBABLY, “WELL, NOW, IT’S NOT SO MUCH THAT YOU LOOK LIKE ONE, BUT YOUR BREATH SURE DOES SMELL LIKE ONE!” I’M SURE THE GIANT LAUGHED AT DAVID AND THE CROWD MUST HAVE “OOOHED” AND “AWWWED”. THE GIANT SAID, “I’M GOING TO KILL YOU AND GIVE YOU TO THE BIRDS OF THE SKY AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD!” AS THE GIANT KEPT ON GETTING CLOSER AND DAVID MOVING FURTHER BACK, THE PEOPLE WERE JUST BEING ENTERTAINED BY THEIR MURMURS AND COMMENTS TO EACH OTHER. NOW A DAYS, THEY CALL THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE: “BENCHWARMERS”. THEY NEVER SAID, “I’LL FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT WITH YOU, DAVID!” NEVER WAS THERE ONE THAT SAID, “I’LL BACK YOU UP, VATO!” PROBABLY DAVID WAS EMBARRASSED BECAUSE
INSTEAD OF KILLING THE GIANT AT THAT VERY MOMENT, HE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS AND HIS GIRL WAS LOOKING AND I’M TELLING YOU, NO GUY LIKES TO BE EMBARRASSED IN FRONT OF HIS GIRL! RIGHT GUYS? OH, BUT SEE, DAVID HAD SOMETHING THAT THE GIANT DIDN’T HAVE. HE HAD SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD HAS. HE HAD THE LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY! STRONGER THAN ANY GIANT, MORE PRECIOUS AND EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HIS GIRL. SO, BOLDLY, THIS “BOY”, AS IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE, LOOKED UP AND SAID, “YOU COME AGAINST ME WITH A SWORD, A SPEAR, AND A JAVELIN, BUT I COME AGAINST YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, WHOM YOU
HAVE INSULTED!” HE GATHERED SOME ROCKS AND BEGAN TO SWING HIS SLING THINGIE AND PROBABLY SHOUTED, “ONE! YOU DON’T SCARE ME!” AND STARTED TO PREPARE HIS SLINGSHOT, “TWO! THIS IS FOR THE THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT MY GOD AND ON HIS BEHALF FOR YOUR INSULTS, “AS IF!” THEN, JUST BECAUSE, HE SHOUTED, “THREE! THIS ONE’S ‘CAUSE YOU UGLY!” FINALLY, WITH GREAT POWER,
HE SHOUTED, “FOUR! JUST ONE LAST THING: ESQUINA!” AT THAT TIME THE GIANT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE, “HUH?”, AND WHEN HE SAW THE ROCK COMING STRAIGHT TOWARDS HIS FOREHEAD, HE MUST HAVE GOTTEN CROSS - EYED. WHEN
THE ROCK HIT HIM, HE MUST HAVE SAID A REMARK LIKE, “BUH - BYE!” AND HE FELL DEAD TO THE GROUND. THE TOWNSPEOPLE, I’M SURE, CHEERED AND SHOUTED, “WE’S HAVING SOME GIANT SANDWICHES TONIGHT!” DAVID’S BROTHERS WERE PROBABLY LIKE, “THAT’S MY CARNALITO!” THE PRINCESS WAS PROBABLY LIKE, “I WONDER WHO MY MAID OF HONOR IS GONNA BE?” THEN AGAIN, I’M SURE THERE
WAS ALSO ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAID, “I COULD HAVE DONE THAT. I JUST DIDN’T WANT TO SHOW OFF MY MULTITALENTED SELF.” DAVID, WITHIN HIMSELF, REJOICING IN HIS TRIUMPH, MUST OF BEEN SAYING, “TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY! TO GOD BE ALL THE HONOR! YOU THE MAN, GOD, YOU THE MAN!” MAYBE HE STARTED RECITING JEREMIAH CHAPTER TWENTY VERSE ELEVEN, “FOR THE LORD IS WITH ME AS A MIGHTY WARRIOR...” THE BIBLE SAYS THAT DAVID RAN AND STOOD OVER THE GIANT AND TOOK THE GIANT’S SWORD AND WITH IT, CUT OFF THE GIANT’S HEAD. DAVID MUST OF BEEN HOLDING THE GIANT’S HEAD WITH HIS BOTH ARMS. AFTER THAT, HE PROBABLY SAID SOMETHING LIKE, “THIS GUY NEEDED A HAIR DUE FROM J C PENNEY, MAN. TIENE BIEN DURO EL CABELLO! OH WELL, I GUESS I’LL GET IT BRONZED AS A MEMORY OF MY BIGGEST ANIMAL - LIKE LOSER.”
YOU KNOW, AFTER HE HAD FOUGHT A BEAR AND A LION, HE PROBABLY FELT PROUD BECAUSE HE MANAGED TO TAKE THIS PARTICULAR BEAST DOWN. MAYBE AS HE WAS STANDING THERE WITH THAT GIANT’S HEAD, HE PROBABLY SAID, “HUMMM, I THINK I’LL NAME IT GOLIATH.” THERE STOOD LITTLE DAVID, IN HIS TRIUMPH. WHEN NOBODY THOUGHT HE COULD DO IT, THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WAS WITH HIM AND PROVED EVERYONE WRONG. WHEN IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE, THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY MADE IT POSSIBLE. WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE A
NATURAL THING THAT DAVID WAS GOING TO BE CRUSHED BY THAT GIANT, THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WORKED IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY AND LED HIM TO CONQUER. THE QUESTION TODAY IS WHAT KIND OF GIANT ARE YOU FACING TODAY? IS IT AN EMOTIONAL GIANT? A PHYSICAL OR HEALTH WISE GIANT? A FINANCIAL GIANT? IS IT A GIANT OF ANGER? A GIANT OF HURT? A DEPRESSIVE GIANT? IS IT THE MOST TERRIBLE GIANT THERE CAN BE: A SPIRITUAL GIANT?
WHATEVER GIANT IT MAY BE, YOU CAN DEFEAT IT AND KILL IT TODAY, RIGHT NOW, IN JESUS’ NAME. WHENEVER YOU FACE THE GIANT OF DEPRESSION BECAUSE YOUR BOYFRIEND LEFT YOU, OF COURSE IT HURTS, BUT THAT’S THE DEVIL THAT’S TRYING TO GET YOUR EMOTIONS TO OVER - REACT TO TRY TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE, BUT I TELL YOU NOW IN JESUS’ NAME TO STAND UP AND TELL THE DEVIL STRAIGHT IN THE EYE, “YOU COME AGAINST ME WITH ALL YOUR WEAPONS, BUT ISAIAH 54:17 SAYS, “NO WEAPON FORCED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER, COCHINO,” AND NOW I TELL YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS: WHATEVER!” COME ON, SAY IT
WITH ME, “WHATEVER!” NOW, STAND UP AND SHOUT, “WHATEVER!” POINT AT THE DEVIL AND DO THE “W” SIGN WITH YOUR HANDS AND SHOUT IT, COME ON, “WHATEVER!” THERE ARE MANY GIANTS WE FACE TODAY, BUT THERE IS A VERY COMMON GIANT THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE CHURCH IN ORDER TO COMPLETE TO RESTORE OUR SALVATION AND WALK IN VICTORY. THE BIBLE SAYS
IN 1 SAMUEL 16:7 THAT, “MAN LOOKS AT MAN FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT JEHOVA LOOKS AT MAN IN THE INSIDE.” MAYBE SOMEONE HURT YOU OR OFFENDED YOU, BUT THAT PERSON HAS TRULY REPENTED FOR WHAT HE OR SHE DID. THEN YOU THINK, “WELL, SHE HASN’T COME UP TO ME SO WHY SHOULD I GO UP TO HER? SHE’S NOT WORTHY BECAUSE SHE KNOWS SHE DID WRONG, SO I’M NOT THE ONE THAT’S GONNA TALK TO HER.” FORGET THAT! DON’T GO DOWN TO HIS OR HER LEVEL IF THEY INDEED ARE AT FAULT. LEAVE YOUR PRIDE OUT OF THIS AND BRING IN YOUR FORGIVENESS. THERE IS GOOD PRIDE AND THERE IS BAD PRIDE AND IF YOU
HAVE THE BAD PRIDE, YOU ARE NOT WALKING IN GOD’S DIRECT PLAN. TONIGHT, IF THE GIANT THAT’S IN YOUR LIFE IS UNFORGIVENESS, GO TO THAT PERSON AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. THAT’S THE BEGINNING OF GETTING THAT GIANT OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE FRUITS OF YOUR SALVATION. IF YOU FEEL THAT SOMEONE HAS A GRUDGE AGAINST YOU, GO TO THEM AND DON’T ASK WHY,
JUST ASK THEM TO FORGIVE YOU. THE DEVIL IS SO MUCH SMARTER THAN WE ARE AT TIMES THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A SITUATION IN WHICH SOMEBODY SAID THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT YOU, YOU ALREADY CONDEMNED THAT PERSON WITHOUT KNOWING IF IT’S TRUE OR NOT AND THE DEVIL IS REJOICING AND LAUGHING AT YOU WHILE YOU ARE JUDGING AND CONDEMNING WITHOUT A CAUSE. HE STARTS TO JUMP AND SHOUT BECAUSE HE IS
CAUSING ANOTHER QUARREL AND DIVISION AMONG GOD’S PEOPLE AND REJOICES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. FROM HEAD TO TOE. FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. FROM SIDE TO SIDE. WELL, YOU GET THE POINT. THEN, YOU END UP BEING MAD AT THE POOR INNOCENT VICTIM AND THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHY. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, IF THAT GIANT IS UNFORGIVENESS, GO TO THAT PERSON RIGHT NOW AND COME TO THIS ALTAR. MAYBE YOU SAY, “WELL, BROTHER, I DON’T THINK I’LL BE FORGIVEN BECAUSE I CAN’T EVEN FORGIVE MYSELF.” I REBUKE THAT LYING DEVIL IN JESUS’ NAME AND COME UP NOW! IF YOU WERE TO BE HOPELESS, GOD WOULD NOT
HAVE BROUGHT YOU HERE. NOW I ASK, COME. WHATEVER GIANT YOU ARE FACING TODAY, IT CAN BE OVERCOME. IT’S NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY STRENGTH, BUT BY THE LORD’S SPIRIT. “MY GOD, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS DWELLING IN HIS PLACE RIGHT NOW...”
