A word from Baby Girl.

Have you ever looked for inspiration and nothing comes? Yep, been there done that. One evening during my supposed quiet time with God I looked for inspiration, but I was just staring blankly and no inspiration came, like zero.  For some reason baby girl was all over the place trying to say something. I zone out sometimes (read most times) when she speaks because she can go on and on and on...until something more interesting happens, interesting here includes a random cockroach, her mind is all over the place. Then she started telling me the story of Goliath and David, well apart from the fact that they were all 'she's (I know her grammar is still something else) , she expressed at how Goliath was big and ugly and seemed unbeatable..yeah she really said that. David was just a weakling and just took a stone and put it on his (her) sling and booom Goliath fell down. My sister asked her did she  (David) die? She was like no, He fell down and started bleeding, mum what happened after that? A question to the listener usually marks the end of her story. Then I asked her how Goliath was able to hit David, she was like see mum David didn't just use a stone but was with God. David prayed and worshipped God but Goliath didn't believe in God.  He was a baaad man, do you know he was big? She wrinkled her nose the way she does to express disbelief 

I was like wow, this is just what I needed, thanks baby girl! She didn't understand and was surprised that I didn't know the story of Goliath, and just ran off to her next random thing. Of course I know the story of Goliath, well, only that I don't say G-O-L-Y-A-TH like she does, I say Goliat(h), like a true Kalenjin.

She left me thinking. When we seek God, we find him, in the most unusual places. See baby girl always (reads), looks at pictures in her bible and doesn't speak about them. Just asks why is this person like this or like that. If you read to her, anything not just her bible, mark that the end of your day because you will read over and over and over. She never gets bored or tired. However, she has never told back a story to me. When she sees me holding my notebook and bible she calls that mummy time and doesn't hover around me until am done. Mostly I do it when she is asleep except over the weekends when she is allowed to stay up and do her stuff, stuff here means re-watching cartons. But that night she came, with a word. The story of Goliath.

So what do we learn From This story?

1 Samuel 17:

1. Wait before you leap.

Most of the times we don't analyse the situation well. We look at it from our perspective and forget to look at it from the enemy's perspective. Before you leap, make a list of the pro's and con's of your decision. How will it affect those around you? what if you loose? Saul and his men waited before they decided to take up Goliath's challenge, mostly because they were afraid. 
'For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening'. 

2. Be prepared always:

There was a scout's motto that said 'Be Prepared'....Most of the time challenges come and they catch us off-guard. We are never ready for that heartbreak or that disappointment or retrenchment. One thing that I noted with David is that he was alert and ready and once he heard Goliath speak the same words again, he started planning to take up the challenge and was not as worried as the rest of the men 1 Sam 17:24. 

2. Let us learn to look at our situation through God's eyes.

Countless number of times I have looked at a situation through my own eyes and expressed how hopeless I feel. I have asked why, why, but I realise that sometimes we give the Devil too much credit. Saul told David, 'you are but a youth'. How many times have we told ourselves, I am not good enough, I don't have enough skills, I am too scared etc, Remind yourself the things you have been able to overcome before and say Just like I overcame abc so will I overcome this, because the Lord that delivered you THEN will deliver you NOW 1 Sam 17:35

3. Use the skills you have and not the ones that will over power you or are out of your league

1 Sam 17: 39. Saul dressed up David in His best army-outfit. See thing is David had never been a warrior thus could not even move. I can imagine how heavy those THINGS were! He simply said No, I cannot go with this since I have not tested them removed them and put on just his sling. Just the sling to face a Giant what madness is that? But David was so skilled in using the sling and was CONFIDENT

4. Stop listening to people only God's opinion matters.

Finally stop listening to people. People will never encourage you to take a bold step of faith. Infact some will mock you. Goliath asked David am I a dog that you come to me with sticks? He was clearly offended by David's move! What did David say? 1 Sam 17: 45. Listen to yourself. What do you want to do? draw out the noise around you because it will always be just that. Noise that goes nowhere. 

The battle is the Lord's! So be STILL and know that he is God.