Faith- A Force Multiplier and Force Neutraliser

UV 3354/10000 Faith- A Force Multiplier and Force Neutraliser
With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
Psalm 18 v 29

Faith is a force multiplier for us and a force neutralizer for our foes. It gives us the courage and hope for us to face heavy odds very boldly. He enables us to make progress in difficult times. He will give us the wisdom to decide the strategy to fight. The Holy Spirit not only gave the young (inexperienced in battle) David the confidence and courage to take on the giant Goliath but He suggested the strategy that would neutralize the advantages of Goliath in terms of his greater height and strength. He suggested the cost effective strategy of using his sling with which he was skilled and accurate. That was only the first of the many battles David had to fight all his life. Hence, he from his experience of the help he got from Jehovah God, was inspired to write this uni-verse. In times of adversity, He is close at hand to help us. He is with us as a mighty warrior and is ever willing to deploy His whole array of power that can manifest in a trillion ways on our behalf. He is personally involved in our most intimate battles even the ones we fight within ourselves. Adversity is meant not to sadden us but to strengthen us and intensify our experience of God and increase our dependency on Him.

God is not only the One who helps us overcome heavy odds, He helps us cross barriers or walls. The barriers may be natural, man-made or caused by the enemy. He brought down the walls of Jericho for Israel under Joshua to conquer and defeat. He brings down the walls that stand between us and victory or triumph in life. If He does not bring down the wall, He will help us scale it. David uses the metaphor of the mountain goats that can scale a vertical cliff and stand firm there. The Lord is like the light at the end of the tunnel but He also travels with us through the period of darkness or intense difficulty when we have no clue what to do and no one to help us. He does it by either increasing our internal strength, wisdom or skill or lending us His own strength in the critical hour. We may see no sign of a breakthrough but just when we begin to despair and give up, the Lord shows up.

The conditionalities of this promise of divine help and strength are detailed by David in Psalm 18- a passion for the Lord, to consider Him as our personal strength, rock, shield, fortress, refuge. We need to call out to the Lord like David. We also need to have clean hands, be diligent in listening and obeying His word and be humble and blameless in His sight. We do not rely on our own strength, brilliance, power or resources. He is both the first and last recourse of rescue.