The Stone And The Sword

The Stone And The Sword

The day the battle turned…

Today’s story finds Israel in a desperate situation. Although they were confined by fear they held their battle positions and maintained hope. Suddenly after many days of perseverance against what seemed inevitable the Lord sent someone who could see the situation differently, through the eyes of God. 

“Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.”

‭‭I Samuel‬ ‭17‬:‭45‬, ‭49‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.”

‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭17‬:‭51‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds! We always focus on the stone in this story.  Yesterday the Lord spoke to me about this stating: “there is a season of the stone and a season of the sword!” The stone was an unexpected force that brought the giant down but today let our focus shift to the sword. 

God used the very instrument the enemy brazenly waved in the faces of God’s people in order to threaten and intimidate them to be the weapon of his demise. Evil tries to establish protocols, plans, positions, patterns, propositions, rules, reports and ordinances waving them in the faces of God’s people like a banner hoping to secure his position of dominance. We are moving in a season of the sword! Ephesians tells us that sword of the Spirit is the Word of Truth! 

Currently believers are gathering to unify and release concentrated, targeted prayers which at first went forth like stones flying through the air. We’ve witnessed wickedness being knocked down in certain areas but arise in others. One giant would fall but another would seem to rise. For a while it seemed relentless like Goliath’s daily taunts in this story. Yet these targeted, focused, concentrated prayers have persisted even when it appeared that the outcome was inevitable.

Today I am discerning a change in the battle. Moving from the season of throwing stones to that of wielding a sword. The very demonic systems the enemy has tried to construct will be used to bring his downfall. Today this very intense battle is finally turning and plunder and purpose are presenting themselves.

It has seemed for many that they were hopelessly locked in battle formation. But as we have worshipped, sought the Lord and appealed to Heaven, internal transformations were taking place from the power of the sustained press. Eternal doors have opened for many that were originally intended for their ancestors to walk through. Gifts, calls, and destinies left on the table by previous generations are being picked up today! As the darkness has lingered, a sublime humility has been crafted inside God’s people qualifying them for the positions they have waited a lifetime to occupy. With great astonishment the plans of Heaven are being revealed in the lives of many. 

There are “Davids” strategically positioned everywhere. They are gifted by God to see situations differently, even to approach them from an unusual angle fashioning unusual means to fight. You might be one of those “Davids”!

Can you see the turn?