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Names and titles are very significant in scripture. When God called a man to a place
of ministry, often He would change the name of the individual to reveal the calling
placed upon him. “Abram” became “Abraham” (father of many nations).
It was prophesied over infant Jesus that He should bear the name “Emmanuel”
because it meant “God with us” (Matt.1:21-22) . Names/titles contain seeds of faith
ready to be sown.
One of my all-time favorite faith stories is the verbal exchange between David and
Goliath. We all know the end result-David slew the giant. However, the weapon he
used was not merely a stone to the forehead from David’s sling, but rather victory was
sealed through David’s bold proclamation of faith in the name of the Lord:

“Then David said to the Philistine,
"You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin.
But I come to you in THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS,
the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
This day THE LORD will deliver you into my hand,
and I will strike you and take your head from you.
And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines
to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth,
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
Then all this assembly shall know that
THE LORD does not save
with sword and spear;
for the battle is THE LORD'S,
and He will give you into our hands."

1 Samuel 17:45-47

David’s bold declaration reminds me of the apostle Paul’s admonition pertaining to
what are the weapons of the Christian’s warfare against the strongholds of the enemy:

“…FOR THOUGH WE WALK IN THE FLESH (PHYSICAL),
WE DO NOT WAR

ACCORDING TO THE FLESH.
FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE

ARE NOT CARNAL (PHYSICAL)
BUT MIGHTY IN GOD

FOR PULLING DOWN STRONGHOLDS…”
2 Cor 10:3-5

Goliath’s weapons were very carnal (physical) ones. They consisted of one very, very
big sword, spear, and javelin in the hands of a ten-foot giant! (Intimidating weapons,

to say the least!) However, David's spiritual weapon of the name of the Lord was
greater being mighty in God, a faith solely dependent upon the might behind
“THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS.”

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