Last Sunday I preached from I Samuel 17 about David and Goliath.

One of the key verses and principles is found in v. 20 – “All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or speak that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lords, and He will give you all (the Philistine army) into our hands.”

There are situations in my life I try to fix. I’m a man and it’s my job to fix things.  But I often find there are things I can’t fix and my “fixing” only makes things worse.

I’m in a situation now where there’s not much I can do to make the situation better. I tried. I didn’t succeed.

Then it came to me. Maybe this is a battle that only God can win.  I just need to practice what I preach and trust Him to work things out in a way that brings glory to Him and benefit to the situation.

Doing this is much more difficult than I anticipated!

I now better understand why it’s sometimes hard for my flock to practice what I preach.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark