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So David asked God, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied, “Yes, go ahead. I will hand them over to you.” So David and his troops went ... and defeated the Philistines there. “God did it!” David exclaimed. 1 Chronicles 14:10-11

We live in a thankless society, which is exaggerated by many wanting to take all
the credit for the achievements that have been made. Look at the way footballers
celebrate and movie stars strut their stuff on the red carpets.

Are we as God’s people any different? We need to be.

I am not saying that we shouldn’t encourage each other, after all the bible would endorse this, but are we out, looking for the accolades, when the real glory and credit should go to God.

David stood against a mighty enemy, the Philistines and defeated them. David and his army physically beat them and yet David declares “God did it”.
Here lies a simple and yet profound lesson for us today. We may be called to fight the battles in the physical, but the battles are always won in the spiritual realm.

If David had not enquired of God whether to fight or not, then the battle would
have been carried out in his own strength and not with the might of the Lord.

The bible says “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12

Davidwould have been defeated and today we are often defeated, because we try and fight our battles in our own realm. If we want to see more battles won, we need to fight with the Lord as our commander and not as our medic, (to pick up the pieces after the battle).

Each time giving him the glory, and enjoying the strength and might of a Holy God. Our battles to day come in different guises and forms, but whatever way they come, lets ask the Father, how to win.

At the battle of Trafalgar, history would tell us that Nelson didn’t
win, even though it was his ships that won the victory (no pun intended). It was
Lord Byron’s plan over many years that had built the British Navy to be the
force that it was. Without Byron, Nelson would have been defeated.

God has made all the plans for the victories in our lives, we just need to ask him for the battle plans.