Extraordinary Us

Pastor Lee Meng Cham

Ecclesiastes 3:13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find find satisfaction in all their toil - this is the gift of God

John 6:27
Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures....

1 Samuel 17:32-37
David said to Saul, "Don't let anyone lose hope because of that Philistine. I'll go out and fight him."

Saul replied, "You aren't able to go out there and fight that Philistine. You are too young. He's been a fighting man ever since he was a boy." But David said to Saul, "I've been taking care of my father's sheep. Sometimes a lion or a bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock. Then I would go after it and hit it. I would save the sheep it was carrying in its mouth. If it turned around to attack me, I would grab hold of its hair. I would strike it down and kill it. In fact, I've killed both a lion and a bear. I'll do the same thing to this Philistine. He isn't even circumcised. He has dared the armies of the living God to fight him. "The Lord saved me from the paw of the lion. He saved me from the paw of the bear. And he'll save me from the powerful hand of this Philistine too." Saul said to David, "Go. And may the Lord be with you."

1. Exalt the name of the Lord
v45
David said to Goliath, "You are coming to fight against me with a sword, a spear and a javelin. But I'm coming against you in the name of the Lord who rules over all. He is the God of the armies of Israel. He's the one you have dared to fight against. (don't waste your life!) (I live for the pleasure in the work that the Lord has provided me)

- Be kingdom-minded v46-v47
(that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel)

(that all... )
"This very day the Lord will hand you over to me. I'll strike you down. I'll cut your head off. This very day I'll feed the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air. I'll feed them to the wild animals. Then the whole world will know there is a God in Israel. "The Lord doesn't save by using a sword or a spear. And everyone who is here will know it. The battle belongs to the Lord. He will hand all of you over to us."

That Jesus be the centre of it all

- Be God-fearing
Romans 13:1-2
All of you must be willing to obey completely those who rule over you. There are no authorities except the ones God has chosen. Those who now rule have been chosen by God. So when you oppose the authorities, you are opposing those whom God has appointed. Those who do that will be judged.

# David served God when he served Jesse

# David served God when he served Saul

A. Recognise that the job that you are in is something that is a sacred calling from God

B. Connect your work with worship

C. Wherever you are, create a kingdom culture of grace, honour, trust, godliness, truth and justice

Exercise God's Resource
v38-v40
Then Saul dressed David in his own military clothes. He put a coat of armor on him. He put a bronze helmet on his head. David put on Saul's sword over his clothes. He walked around for a while in all of that armor because he wasn't used to it. "I can't go out there in all of this armor," he said to Saul. "I'm not used to it." So he took it off. Then David picked up his wooden staff. He went down to a stream and chose five smooth stones. He put them in the pocket of his shepherd's bag. Then he took his sling in his hand and approached Goliath.

- With wisdom.
Choosing the best that God has given us
Goliath : intimidating but ineffective, strong but sluggish, experienced but egotistic, commanding but conspicuous

Sling : flexible, agile, small but swift, fast & furious

- with excellence.
Do it your best unto the Lord

- Use what you know, even when it is unconventional

- Play to your strengths, not your presumptions

- improvise when needed

Luke 16:10
"Suppose you can be trusted with very little. Then you can be trusted with a lot. But suppose you are not honest with very little. Then you will not be honest with a lot.

Expect God's help
v37
"The Lord saved me from the paw of the lion. He saved me from the paw of the bear. And he'll save me from the powerful hand of this Philistine too." Saul said to David, "Go. And may the Lord be with you."

- we step up
v32
Let No Man's heart fail on account of him, your servant will go and fight with this philistine

- God steps in when we step up
v47
"The Lord doesn't save by using a sword or a spear. And everyone who is here will know it. The battle belongs to the Lord. He will hand all of you over to us."

The secret to David and our success
1 Samuel 18:14
In everything he (David) had great success, because the Lord was with him

1 Samuel 16:18
One of the servants said, "I've seen someone who knows how to play the harp. He is a son of Jesse from Bethlehem. He's a brave man. He would make a good soldier. He's a good speaker. He's very handsome. And the Lord is with him."