{"id":13796,"date":"2025-11-05T14:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkingaccuratelyeducation.com\/?p=13796"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:35:46","slug":"a-post-election-christian-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkingaccuratelyeducation.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/a-post-election-christian-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Post-Election Christian Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s talk about the story of David & Goliath.<\/em><\/p>

1 Samuel 17:1<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>

The Philistines started the trouble by \u201cgathering their armies together\u201d on Israel\u2019s land \u2013 on a small mountain (lower than Liberty Mountain \u2013 here in Lynchburg, VA \u2013 about 1000 feet).\u00a0 So, they started it<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>

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    Then \u2013 in response \u2013 Israel\u2019s king, Saul and his army gathered on a similar-sized mountain. A wide valley laid between the two armies.<\/p>

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      400 years or so years ago (in the time of Joshua), the Israelites had been in a similar situation, and that time God gave them a winning strategy<\/em><\/span>, but this time, they didn\u2019t check with God.<\/p>

      So they set up camps at the two ends of this valley. You\u2019ve seen pictures of these kinds of military camps with rows of little tents (I think I remember looking down on one in one of the Lord of the Rings movies), with campfires here and there. This probably went on for some time \u2013 days, maybe even weeks; it was a stalemate.\u00a0<\/p>

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        1 Samuel 17:4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

        One day, a gigantic man, wearing the best armor, and carrying the best weapons, struts out into the valley. And he begins to call out to Saul\u2019s army in a loud voice, basically challenging King Saul to a duel. But Paul does not come.<\/p>

        He is afraid (my Bible says \u201cdismayed and greatly afraid<\/em>\u201c).<\/p>

        From Goliath\u2019s perspective the Israelites were no different<\/span> than the Philistines. Both had gods\u2026 and both were idols<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>

        And Goliath knew<\/span><\/strong> he was a giant. But he didn\u2019t know about the Israelites\u2019 \u201csuperpower,\u201d and unfortunately, it seems that the Israelites had, over the years, forgotten about it too.<\/p>

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          Every born-again Christian has this same superpower\u2026\u00a0 You see, \u201cGod has specifically chosen the weak things of this world so that He can use us to shame those who think are strong.\u201d<\/p>

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          1 Samuel 17:17-18<\/strong><\/p>

          The story takes a different turn. I almost said unexpected but it really wasn\u2019t, because in verse 15 it mentions that a young guy named David, \u201cOccasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father\u2019s sheep at Bethlehem.\u201d<\/p>

          That\u2019s talking about how, in the previous chapter, David got a part-time job singing for King Saul.<\/p>

          He got that job because of someone\u2019s recommendation. It sounds like that person knew a lot about David.\u00a0<\/p>

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            \u201cLook, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>

            Can you imagine getting a job recommendation like that?<\/strong><\/p>