The Battle Is the LORD's

"Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands." I Samuel 17:45-47

What a comfort it is to know that when we face our own spiritual Goliaths, we have the reassurance of having the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 15:57-58). As it is written, "If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31b). As David declared before all of Israel, "Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all." (I Chronicles 29:11). HE is Sovereign: He is in complete control -- the God of the Universe, the Almighty, the Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Yet in all HIS matchless awesomeness, power and majesty, HE is not like an earthly sovereign who is detached from his people. HE calls us by name (John 10:3). HE knows when we sit and when we rise (Psalm 139:2). HE has the very hairs on each of our heads numbered (Matthew 10:30). Most of all, HE loved -- loves -- us to the uttermost that HE spared not HIS own beloved Son -- the Apple of HIS Eye -- from the most gruesome death. So that believing in CHRIST, we can have everlasting life (John 3:16). How can HE not then with Christ freely give us all things (Romans 8:32)? Indeed, how will HE not when in Christ, HE bids us by the Spirit to call HIM, "Abba! Father!"

Whatever our struggle, it is HIS battle to win, HIS strength made perfect in our weakness (II Corinthians 12:9) that will see us through. For HE is the One who is Faithful and True (Revelation 19:11). HE is our HELP and our SHIELD (Psalm 33:20). The One who will never leave us nor forsake us (Genesis 28:15). What blessed peace it is to be able to utter with complete confidence like David's, "The battle is the LORD's!"