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For therein is the righteousness
of God revealed from faith to faith:
as it is written, The just shall live by
faith (Romans 1:17). When you begin
your journey with the Lord, you start
out in divine faith; but do you continue
on that path? When things don’t go your
way, do you go from faith to faith, or
do you go from faith into doubt, fear,
grumbling and complaining?
Those who are justified in God’s
eyes will never leave the realm of faith.
The just shall live by faith (Romans
1:17). It takes spiritual eyesight to live
by divine faith; and when you have that
spiritual sight, you are well regardless
of what is going on around you. Your
spiritual vision sees past your troubles
and focuses on God, His Word, His
promises and His character. Paul said,
Looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2).
When you live by faith, you will
be filled with courage and strength no
matter what you have to face in this life
because your vision is not focused on
your problems but on the Lord. Then you
will know, There is nothing too hard
for thee God (Jeremiah 32:17).
Goliath Challenges the Israelites
To compare using spiritual vision with
using natural vision, the Holy Spirit took
me to the story of David and Goliath.
The Israelites were at war with the
Philistines, and the enemies of God’s
people were camped on one side of a
great valley while the Israelites were on
the other side. The Philistines’ champion
was a giant named Goliath; and each
day, he sent forth his challenge to the
Israelite soldiers: I defy the armies
of Israel this day; give me a man,
that we may fight together (I Samuel
17:10). He defied and mocked God’s
people and even God Himself.
King Saul and his army represented
God, but they weren’t living close to Him
at that time. When Saul and all Israel
heard those words of the Philistine,
they were dismayed, and greatly
afraid (I Samuel 17:11). The Israelite
soldiers were seeing things through
their natural vision and were not living
by faith.
One day, young David arrived
on the scene to check on his older
brothers, who were soldiers in King
Saul’s army. David was a shepherd who
watched over his father’s sheep; and
during those times, he would spend his
days in the presence of the Lord writing
psalms of praise unto God. David’s
heart was full of love and faith for God,
and that gave him clear, spiritual vision
of God’s divine will and the courage and
strength to fulfil that will.
Natural Vision vs. Spiritual Vision
And all the men of Israel, when
they saw the man Goliath, fled
from him, and were sore afraid.
And David a young boy spake to
the men that stood by him, saying,
What shall be done to the man that
killeth this Philistine, and taketh
away the reproach from Israel?
for who is this uncircumcised
Philistine, that he should defy the
armies of the living God (I Samuel
17:24,26)?
Natural vision breeds selfishness,
and all King Saul and his soldiers
thought about was themselves. They
feared Goliath and what might happen
to them. David, on the other hand, had
spiritual vision and a heart full of love
and faith; and all he thought about was,
“Who is this devil-possessed enemy of
God who is defying God and His army?”
He didn’t care about himself; he cared
about bringing retribution against the
uncircumcised Philistine for what he
was doing and saying to God and His
people.
David had a heart full of love and
faith, and he was not afraid to stand for
God and do His will at the expense of
his own life. He was determined to take