Hello, thanks for joining me today for Give Him 15 and the title of our post today is

The Power of Covenantal History Part 2.

At yesterday's post, I shared that David used the strength of his covenantal history with God to defeat

Goliath.

We in America can do the same.

The passage depicting this battle begins by telling us

that the land Goliath wanted belonged to the tribe of Judah

and had been given to them by God. David was part of this tribe, meaning the land

belonged to him. Then David emphasized that he was in covenant with God while Goliath wasn't,

as seen in the fact that he refused to call the giant by any name other than

uncircumcised Philistine. Circumcision was associated with being in covenant with God. These two

historical facts guaranteed victory, but David continued to brandish his history with God,

testifying of the supernatural ability God had given him when facing a lion.

He said, I seized him by his beard, attacked him, and rescued the lamb.

As if that wasn't amazing enough, David also killed a bear.

He said, the Lord who delivered me from the Paul of the lion and from the Paul of the bear,

he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.

This small, physically insignificant young man had faith that was anchored not to his own abilities,

but to a history of God's faithfulness.

It is significant that David stated this history.

There's power, there is power in giving testimony to past victories.

After teaching on the power of history recently, I was asked by a Messianic Jewish rabbi if I knew the meaning of the

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