Hello, thanks for joining me today for Give Him 15.

And the title of today's post, War with Covenant.

As I listened to President Trump honor God and America's roots from the Museum of the Bible yesterday,

I found myself reflecting on David and Goliath.

David defeated Goliath on the strength of his history.

The first thing God tells us in the story

is the location of the battle.

First Samuel 17, one and two, now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle,

and they were gathered at Sokha, which belongs to Judah.

And they camped between Sokha and Azeqa and Ephes Damim. Say those words several times quickly. Saul and the men of Israel were

gathered and camped in the valley of Ila and drew up in battle ray to encounter the Philistines.

I realize that doesn't interest you.

You're like me.

Come on, Holy Spirit.

Get to the good stuff.

Goliath's description, the drama of his taunts, the fear of the Israelites,

David, the young sheep herder, the battle.

Off with the giant's head.

I skipped those two boring verses for the first 50 years of my life and missed a nugget.

This location was in the territory of Judah, which was the tribe David came from.

Holy Spirit was informing us right from the start that this land belonged to David and

his tribe.

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