Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000218
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00:01 WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SLIP,
00:02 YOU MAY THINK NOBODY NOTICES IT, 00:05 BUT THERE IS ONE WHO WATCHES. 00:07 AND THERE ARE POWERS THAT ARE 00:09 ALIGNED TOGETHER AND THE DEVIL 00:11 WILL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN HE 00:13 COMES TO ATTACK THAT YOU WON'T 00:15 HAVE YOUR DEFENSES ALL THE WAY UP. 00:17 BUT THE MOST POWERFUL THING OR 00:20 INFLUENCE THAT YOU CAN HAVE 00:21 ON YOUR SIDE IS GOD. 00:23 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:30 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:34 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:39 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:47 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:52 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:58 1 SAMUEL, CHAPTER 17 AND I WILL BEGIN READING WITH VERSE 2. 01:12 HERE IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, 02:00 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 02:03 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE COME BELIEVING THAT WHEN 02:07 WE OPEN THE WORD OF GOD, THERE IS POWER THERE FOR US. 02:12 WE FACE SO MANY CHALLENGES, 02:14 WE FACE SO MANY TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS, 02:18 BUT WE BELIEVE THAT IF GOD BE FOR US, 02:22 NO ONE CAN SUCCESSFULLY STAND AGAINST US. 02:26 AND SO WE ARE COME IN THAT BELIEF, 02:28 TRUSTING THAT WHEN OUR HEARTS ARE MET TOGETHER 02:32 WITH GOD'S HEART, THAT THERE IS A BLESSING FOR US. 02:36 NOW WE ASK FATHER AS WE OPEN THY WORD, 02:39 THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN HUMAN WISDOM. 02:42 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 02:47 IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHAT 02:50 YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS 02:51 STORY, YOU WILL BE AMAZED. 02:54 I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN 02:58 YOU STUDY THE WORD OF GOD, YOU CAN NOT SPEED READ IT, 03:02 YOU'VE GOT TO LET IT SINK IN SLOWLY. 03:06 G.K. CHESTERTON HAS BEEN QUOTED TO SAY: 03:09 "THAT IF YOU LOOK AT A THING FOR 999 TIMES, YOU ARE SAFE. 03:15 BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT FOR THE 1000TH TIME, 03:17 YOU ARE IN DANGER OF SEEING IT ALL OVER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME." 03:24 COME WITH ME IF YOU DARE 03:26 AND LOOK AT THIS FOR WHAT MIGHT BE A THOUSANDTH TIME. 03:32 THERE IS A CHALLENGE AGAINST ISRAEL. 03:37 THE CHALLENGE COMES BECAUSE GOD HAS ALREADY SMITTEN 03:42 THIS ARMY THAT RISES AGAINST ITS PEOPLE. 03:46 THE PHILISTINES HAD COME TO ATTACK ISRAEL 03:49 WHILE SAMUEL WAS OFFERING BURNT OFFERINGS, 03:53 AND GOD WAS NOT PLEASED NO MATTER WHAT TIME THEY WOULD HAVE ATTACKED, 03:57 BUT CERTAINLY NOT WHEN THEY WERE AT WORSHIP. 04:01 AND SO GOD THUNDERED AT THEM 04:03 AND GOD SMOTE THEM WITH HIS MIGHTY ARM. 04:07 AND THEIR PRIDE WAS HURT AND THEIR NATIONAL FEELING 04:12 FOR WHO THEY WERE WAS SO REDUCED THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 04:19 NOW THEY DARE NOT GO TO FIGHT AGAIN, 04:22 BECAUSE THEY HAD LEARNED THAT EVEN IF THEY HAD ENOUGH SOLDIERS, 04:26 THAT WHEN GOD IS ON THE SIDE OF AN ARMY, THE NUMBERS DON'T COUNT ANYMORE. 04:33 THERE ARE SOME OF THE HISTORIANS WHO LOOK AT THE STORY AND SAY 04:37 THAT THERE WERE MORE IN THE ISRAELITE ARMY THAN IN THE PHILISTINE ARMY, 04:42 BUT YOU AND I KNOW THAT DOESN'T COUNT 04:45 BECAUSE ONE PLUS GOD IS A MAJORITY ! 04:50 BUT HERE IS THEIR STRATEGEM. 04:54 THEY SAY, "HOW CAN WE FIGHT THESE PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING 05:00 TO RISK TAKING OUR ARMY AGAINST THEIRS ?" 05:05 NOW THERE ARE SOME SUBTLE DIFFERENCES THAT HAD OCCURRED. 05:09 YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE YOU ARE ON GOD'S SIDE 05:14 AND WHILE GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE, 05:16 THERE IS AN EXTRA LEVEL OF PROTECTION. 05:20 WHEN YOU STEP AWAY FROM GOD, 05:23 AND LET ME SUGGEST THAT THAT'S THE WAY IT HAPPENS; 05:27 YOU CAN LOOK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD 05:29 AND YOU MAY FIND THE WORDS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION 05:33 SOUNDING LIKE GOD WILL STEP AWAY FROM YOU, 05:35 BUT THE FACT IS THAT GOD DOES NOT ABANDON US, WE ABANDON HIM. 05:41 YET, PEOPLE WILL ABANDON GOD AND THEN SAY, 05:43 "WHY HAS GOD FORSAKEN ME ?" 05:46 THE PEOPLE OF GOD HAD FOUND THEMSELVES WITH A LEADER 05:51 WHO HAD PUSHED OUT OF HIS LIFE, THE POWER OF GOD IN HIS HEART. 05:58 SO MUCH SO THAT SAMUEL HAD BEEN ALIENATED FROM HIM 06:03 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT DID NOT HAVE THE CONTROL, 06:06 THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH ONE WHO WOULD BE THE LEADER OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 06:10 AND GUESS WHAT ? 06:12 THE NEWS BEGAN TO TRAVEL THAT SAMUEL AND SAUL WERE NOT AS CLOSE AS THEY ONCE WERE. 06:21 NOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THERE IS THAT EVEN THOSE 06:26 WHO DID NOT CLAIM TO WORSHIP GOD JEHOVAH, 06:29 KNEW THAT THE POWER OF ISRAEL WAS NOT WITH SAUL ALONE, 06:34 IT WAS WITH SAUL AND THE MAN OF GOD. 06:37 AND SO LONG AS SAUL WAS TOGETHER WITH SAMUEL, 06:40 THEY SAID "YOU HAD BETTER STAY AWAY FROM HIM." 06:43 BUT WHEN THE MAN OF GOD WAS NOT INVOLVED ANYMORE, 06:48 THEN EVEN THOSE IN THE PHILISTINE CAMP BEGAN TO SAY, 06:52 "IF WE WERE EVER GOING TO ATTACK, THE TIME MIGHT BE NOW." 06:58 YOU MAY NOT THINK SO, BUT SATAN AND OTHERS 07:03 LOOK TO SEE HOW YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS GOING WITH GOD. 07:12 WHEN YOU'RE IN THE WORD, WHEN YOU'RE SINGING THE SONGS OF ZION, 07:18 THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU. 07:21 HE KNOWS THAT HIS PROBLEM IS NOT YOU, HIS PROBLEM IS GOD. 07:27 THE TEXT THAT WE HAVE BEEN REPEATING ALL WEEK LONG 07:29 FROM ROMANS CHAPTER 8 AND VERSE 31 IS WELL KNOWN TO THE DEVIL. 07:34 HE DOESN'T WANT TO ATTACK YOU WHEN YOU ARE ON GOD'S SIDE, 07:38 WHEN GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE, BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE CAN'T WIN. 07:41 BUT HE HAS LEARNED TO WATCH US, TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH GOD. 07:48 WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SLIP, YOU MAY THINK NOBODY NOTICES IT, 07:52 BUT THERE IS ONE WHO WATCHES. 07:55 AND THERE ARE POWERS THAT ARE ALIGNED TOGETHER 07:58 AND THE DEVIL WILL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN HE COMES TO ATTACK 08:01 THAT YOU WON'T HAVE YOUR DEFENSES ALL THE WAY UP. 08:05 I'VE COME TO BELIEVE THAT THE MOST POWERFUL PROTECTION 08:08 THAT YOU CAN HAVE IS NOT A LOCK OR AN ALARM, 08:13 NOT FRIENDS OR CREDIT CARDS, 08:15 NOT BANK ACCOUNTS, OR CARS OR HOUSES. 08:19 BUT THE MOST POWERFUL THING OR INFLUENCE THAT YOU CAN HAVE ON YOUR SIDE IS GOD. 08:25 STRIP ME OF EVERYTHING, BUT DON'T TAKE GOD FROM ME. 08:31 BECAUSE IF I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, AND I'VE GOT GOD, I'LL BE ALL RIGHT. 08:35 GOD WILL SUPPLY OUR NEEDS. 08:37 WHAT DO YOU SAY ? 08:39 SO THEY WATCHED AND WHEN THEY DETERMINED THAT SAMUEL WAS BEING ALIENATED FROM SAUL, 08:46 THEY MADE AN INCURSION INTO THE LAND OF JUDAH 08:49 AND THEY ARE ON THE LAND THAT BELONGS TO JUDAH RIGHT NOW. 08:56 AT SHOCHOH, THE PHILISTINES ARE ON THE TERRITORY 09:02 THAT GOD GAVE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. 09:05 NOW YOU SAY, "WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE ?" 09:07 THEY GOT THERE BECAUSE OF THE WEAKNESS OF THE CONNECTION 09:12 BETWEEN GOD'S PEOPLE AND GOD'S POWER. 09:17 AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM JUST NOW, 09:19 I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU OUGHT TO EXAMINE IT 09:22 BECAUSE GOD DOES NOT FAIL, BUT WE OFTEN FAIL. 09:27 SO NOW THEY FIND THEIR WAY TO SHOCHOH, 09:31 THEY FIND A DEFENSIBLE POSITION ON A MOUNTAIN. 09:35 ISRAEL'S ARMY FINDS A DEFENSIBLE POSITION ON THE OTHER SIDE ON A MOUNTAIN. 09:40 AND NOW THEY MAKE A PREPOSTEROUS SUGGESTION: 09:44 "INSTEAD OF OUR ARMY'S FIGHTING, 09:48 LET'S LET TWO PEOPLE FIGHT AND LET THE ARMIES BE SAFE, 09:55 SO THAT IF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WINS, WE'LL SERVE YOU. 09:59 BUT IF OUR REPRESENTATIVE WINS, YOU SERVE US." 10:03 THIS THEY SAY WITH A LITTLE SMIRK ON THEIR FACES 10:08 FOR THEY KNOW WHO IT IS THAT THEY WILL SEND. 10:11 THEY HAVE, HIDING NO DOUBT BEHIND THEIR LINES, A SON OF ANAK. 10:19 ONE WHO IS PERHAPS REPUTED ACCORDING TO SOME SCHOLARS, 10:23 FOR TAKING THE LIVES OF MANY REPUTABLE, POWERFUL CHRISTIANS, 10:29 I SHOULD NOT USE THAT WORD THERE, 10:31 I SHOULD SAY THOSE ON GOD'S SIDE. 10:34 BUT THEY SAY, "LET'S HIDE HIM UNTIL THEY CUT THE DEAL." 10:37 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ISRAEL BOUGHT THE DEAL, BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS. 10:42 WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU LET TWO PEOPLE FIGHT 10:45 AND LET THAT BE THE END OF IT ? 10:48 OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE DID IT NOW. 10:52 IF WE COULD SEND ONE PERSON FROM THIS COUNTRY 10:55 AND ONE PERSON FROM ANOTHER ONE, 10:56 IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING; 10:58 ONLY THING ABOUT IT IS, IT DOESN'T WORK. 11:00 IN FACT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 11:02 AFTER GOLIATH IS DEAD, 11:04 DOES ANYBODY FROM THE PHILISTINE ARMY COME OVER AND SAY, 11:07 "OK, ALL RIGHT, YOU WON, HANDCUFF US, 11:15 WELL THERE WERE NO HANDCUFFS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. 11:18 IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. 11:19 WHEN THEIR CHAMPION WAS DEFEATED, THEY TOOK OFF. 11:22 IT'S A PREPOSTEROUS SUGGESTION. 11:25 SO NOW, WHEN THEY THINK THE DEAL MIGHT BE CUT, 11:30 THEY BRING THIS LUMBERING CREATURE, GOLIATH. 11:36 SOME PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT GOLIATH MAY HAVE BEEN PRACTICALLY 12 FEET TALL. 11:45 I'VE READ SOME SCHOLARS WHO SAY 9. 11:48 ALLOW ME IF YOU WILL, TO TAKE THE 12. 11:55 MANUTE BOL AND GHEORGHE MURESAN ARE 7'7". 12:02 HAVE YOU SEEN THEM ON THE COURT ? 12:05 THEY MAKE EVERYONE ELSE LOOK LIKE A PYGMY. 12:08 I HAVE NEPER BEEN IMPRESSED NECESSARILY WITH THE PHYSICALITY OF MANUTE BOL WHEN HE PLAYED, 12:15 BUT ONE THING YOU HAD TO GIVE HIM: HE WAS TALL. 12:18 HE PRACTICALLY JUST WENT OVER AND PUT THE BALL IN THE HOOP, 12:24 AND MURESAN THE SAME. 12:26 BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEBODY ON THE FLOOR AT A NBA GAME 12:31 WHO IS HALF AGAIN TALLER THAN MANUTE BOL OR GHEORGHE MURESAN ? 12:37 SO HE JUST. . . 12:47 WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS RUNNING DOWN COURT, 12:52 ALL HE'S GOT TO DO IS. . . 13:00 12 FEET TALL. 13:02 SO, HAVE YOU GOT HIM IN YOUR HEAD NOW ? 13:04 TAKE HIM OUT OF HISTORY AND BRING HIM UP AND PUT HIM ON THE COURT. 13:09 AND YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF GAMES AND I'VE BEEN AMAZED. 13:12 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE GAMES ON TELEVISION, ALL THOSE GUYS LOOK SHORT. 13:15 I WENT TO A RESTAURANT ONE NIGHT, AND THERE THEY WERE. 13:18 YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M PRETTY TALL MOST OF THE TIME, 13:24 BUT THE SHORTEST ONE OF THEM STOOD UP 13:27 AND I WAS LOOKING AT HIM LIKE THIS, 13:30 AND THEN THE REST OF THEM UNFOLDED. 13:37 IN FACT, I WOULDN'T EVEN TALK TO THEM ! 13:38 IT WAS RIDICULOUS. 13:40 "HOW ARE YOU SIR ?" 13:43 BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE THEM WHO WOULD HAVE MADE THEM FEEL LIKE ME. 13:47 BECAUSE IF GOLIATH HAD EVER PUT ON A UNIFORM FOR ANY NBA TEAM, 13:54 YOU COULD HAVE CALLED THE SEASON OFF. 13:58 AND IT IS THIS GIANT OF A MAN, 14:01 WHOSE ARMOR PROBABLY WEIGHED 110 POUNDS. 14:06 THE HEAD OF HIS SPEAR, SAYS ONE SCHOLAR, 14:09 PROBABLY WEIGHED 13 POUNDS AND IT WAS LIKE A WEAVER'S BEAM, 14:15 LIKE PART OF A MACHINE THAT MADE CLOTH. 14:19 AND NOW HE COMES OUT IN THE MIDST OF A WEAK AND 14:24 STRANGELY AMBIVALENT TIME FOR ISRAEL -- 14:27 WHEN SAUL HAS ALIENATED THE REAL POWER, WHICH IS GOD. 14:32 SO THE PROTECTION IS REALLY GONE. 14:35 THE PROBLEM IS NOT GOLIATH; 14:38 THE PROBLEM IS THE CONNECTION. 14:41 NOW YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT ! 14:44 BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK, 14:45 "OH, MY PROBLEMS." 14:46 FRIEND OF MINE, IF GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE, 14:48 WHO CARES ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM ? 14:51 GOD IS ALWAYS BIGGER THAN THE PROBLEM. 14:53 THE PROBLEM IS NEVER THE PROBLEM; 14:57 THE PROBLEM IS THE CONNECTIONS. 14:59 IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US ? 15:02 SO HERE COMES THIS GIANT AT THE WRONG TIME IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. 15:09 NOW, I HAVE BEEN THERE. 15:12 I'VE WALKED IN THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE 15:14 AND HIS VOICE HAS TO SOUND DIFFERENT 15:17 BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BIG, HAVE BIG VOICES. 15:23 CAN YOU IMAGINE IN THE MORNING, WAKING UP TO THIS ? 15:27 "ISRAEL, REAL, REAL, REAL (echo sound). 15:35 WHERE IS YOU CHAMPION, PION, PION ?"(echo sound) 15:40 NOW, YOU DON'T HEAR THAT MOST PLACES, BUT I HAVE ADDED THAT FOR EFFECT. 15:45 ONE MOUNTAIN HERE, ONE MOUNTAIN THERE, A VALLEY IN BETWEEN. 15:48 TELL ME THERE WAS NO ECHO. 15:50 HAD TO BE. 15:52 SO NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO HEAR HIS VOICE ONCE; 15:54 YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. 15:58 "SEND ME SOMEONE, ONE, ONE." 16:04 AND EVERY MORNING AND EVERY EVENING THIS SON OF ANAK 16:09 COMES OUT WITH HIS ARMOR. 16:10 ONE HISTORIAN SSYS THAT HIS HEADDRESS ALONE WAS PROBABLY 16:15 MADE OF PRECIOUS METAL LIKE THE SCALES OF A FISH ON HIS HEAD. 16:20 AND HE WOULD COME OUT GLISTENING IN THE SUN 16:22 AND COME DOWN FAR ENOUGH TO ENVIGOR THEM TO COME FROM 16:26 THEIR POSITION AND SAY "SEND ME SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY." 16:33 AND ISRAEL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 16:35 NOW IF GOD HAD BEEN CHERISHED AMONG THEM, 16:41 THE TALLEST AMONG THE ISRAELITES WAS SAUL. 16:49 THE KING STOOD HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST. 16:54 BUT INSTEAD OF GOING OUT HIMSELF, HE GIVES AN OFFER, 16:58 "HERE'S WHAT I'LL DO FOR YOU IF YOU GO OUT." 17:01 IN FACT, EVEN JONATHAN, WHO AT OTHER TIMES PLAYED THE PART OF THE HERO, 17:07 MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO GO OUT. 17:08 BUT IT JUST APPEARS THAT THIS WAS NOT GOD'S TIME TO CALL JONATHAN. 17:12 THIS WAS THE TIME FOR DAVID, OR ELSE JONATHAN MIGHT HAVE RISEN TO THE OCCASION. 17:17 BUT NOW THE KING, WHO IS THE TALLEST ONE ON ISRAEL'S SIDE, 17:21 WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE TALL MAN FROM THE PHILISTINES. 17:25 WHEN THE FACT IS THAT IT IS NOT YOUR SIZE; 17:29 IT IS YOUR GOD THAT COUNTS. 17:32 SO DON'T TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BILLS; 17:37 DON'T TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY PROBLEMS; 17:40 DON'T TELL ME THAT THEY ARE SO COMPLICATED THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE IS. 17:44 IF GOD BE FOR YOU, YOUR PROBLEMS CANNOT STAND AGAINST YOU ! 17:51 SAUL COULD HAVE TOLD HIS ARMY, 17:53 "YOU PRAY, AND I'LL GO." 17:57 "BUT KING SAUL, YOU'RE NOT AS TALL AS HE IS !" 18:00 "WELL WHO CARES ? 18:02 HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOD LIKE I'VE GOT." 18:05 IN FACT, IF YOU READ PART OF MOSES' SONG, IN DEUTERONOMY 32 AND VERSE 30, THE BIBLE SAYS, 18:12 "THAT ONE CAN CHASE A THOUSAND, AND TWO CAN PUT 10,000 TO FLIGHT." 18:17 BECAUSE GOD IS OUR ROCK. 18:20 HE'S A ROCK OF OUR PROTECTION. 18:23 HE'S A ROCK IN A WEARY LAND. 18:25 AND IF GOD IS YOUR ROCK, NOTHING CAN STAND AGAINST YOU ! 18:31 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO AROUND TIPPING THROUGH LIFE, 18:34 NOTHING GETS ON MY NERVES MORE THAN CHRISTIANS TIPPING. 18:40 "I DON'T KNOW, THE ECONOMY." 18:44 I'VE NEVER TRUSTED IN THE ECONOMY. 18:46 WALL STREET DIPPED THE OTHER DAY, AND EVERYBODY GOT EXCITED. 18:51 I DIDN'T GET EXCITED. 18:53 WE ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY DOW JONES, 18:55 OR THE NIKKI OR THE HAMSING. 18:58 WE ARE CONTROLLED BY THE HAND OF GOD. 19:04 IT IS NOT MR.GREENSPAN WHO CONTROLS THE EBB AND FLOW 19:09 OF THE MONETARY SYSTEM, IT IS GOD. 19:13 GOD SAYS THE SILVER AND THE GOLD ARE MINE ! 19:17 IN FACT, GOD IS SO POWERFUL THAT HE COUNTS HIS COWS BY HILLS INSTEAD OF BY INDIVIDUAL COWS. 19:23 THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS BELONG TO ME, 19:25 AND IF I WAS HUNGRY I WOULDN'T TELL YOU. 19:28 YOU'RE SITTING UP HERE WORRYING ABOUT THE ECONOMY. 19:32 WELL, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INVESTED IN THE STOCK MARKET TO WORRY ABOUT IT. 19:35 BUT IF I DID, GOD CAN CONTROL THE STOCK MARKET. 19:40 IT IS GOD AND HE ALONE THAT HAS THIS CONTROL. 19:44 SO WHY DO YOU GET SO DISTURBED ? 19:45 IT BOTHERS ME. 19:47 ISRAEL IS OVER HERE -- "WELL, WHAT SHOULD WE DO, WE DON'T KNOW." 19:52 WRINGING THEIR HANDS. 19:54 YOU'VE GOT THE MOST POWERFUL BEING IN THE UNIVERSE ON YOUR SIDE. 19:59 "I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK SAUL ?" 20:02 WELL, SAUL DOESN'T KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE POWER, 20:05 IT'S BECAUSE HE'S CUT HIMSELF OFF. 20:08 AND SO, THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT TO DO. 20:10 NOW YOU REMEMBER THAT DAVID WAS NOT FOUND FIRST KEEPING SHEEP. 20:19 WE FIND DAVID FIRST IN THE TEMPLE WITH MUSIC. 20:24 HE IS THERE MINISTERING IN THE TEMPLE. 20:27 I WONDER, WAS ANY SIBLING RIVALRY AMONG THE SONS OF JESSE ? 20:36 ELIAB, ABINADAB, AND SHAMMAH; WERE THEY, THE OLDER BROTHERS, 20:42 A LITTLE JEALOUS WHEN GOD SELECTED DAVID, 20:45 THE YOUNGER BROTHER TO GO AND MINISTER IN THE TEMPLE ? 20:49 WERE THEY A LITTLE DISTURBED WHEN THE STORIES BEGAN TO 20:52 LEAK OUT THAT DAVID COULD GO AND PLAY HIS HARP; 20:57 AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD COME BACK TO SAUL ? 21:01 SAUL AT TIMES BECAME ALMOST LIKE A MADMAN. 21:06 BUT THE SWEET SPIRIT OF DAVID AND HIS MUSIC THAT CAME FROM GOD 21:10 WOULD BRING THE HEART OF SAUL BACK TO GOD. 21:14 AND WHEN DAVID LEFT, HE DID NOT LEAVE BECAUSE HE WAS CHASED, 21:17 HE WENT BACK TO BETHLEHEM BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS OLD 21:20 AND SOMEBODY NEEDED TO TEND THE SHEEP. 21:22 BUT HE CAME BACK TO SHOW THAT EVEN THOUGHT YOU'VE BEEN LIFTED HIGH, 21:26 YOU OUGHT TO STAY HUMBLE WHEN YOU'RE HIGH. 21:31 THERE'S A LESSON THERE ISN'T THERE ? 21:33 SOME OF US, IF WE HAD BEEN GIVEN A JOB IN THE TEMPLE, 21:35 WE WOULD HAVE NEVER GONE BACK TO THE SHEEP. 21:38 "WELL FATHER, YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, 21:43 BUT I'M IN THE TEMPLE NOW, AND YOU KNOW, 21:48 IT'S NOT THAT I COULDN'T DO IT, BUT I JUST NEED TO GIVE MY 21:53 ATTENTION TO THE TEMPLE AND NOT TO THE SHEEP." 21:57 SO, HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN FULL OF PRIDE, 22:00 BUT INSTEAD HE TURNS HIS MIND TOWARDS WHATEVER GOD ASKS HIM TO DO, 22:05 AND HE GOES BACK HOME TO HIS FATHER AND HE TAKES CARE OF THE SHEEP. 22:09 SO WHILE THE BATTLE IS GOING ON OVER IN SHOKO, 22:13 DAVID IS AT HOME AT BETHLEHEM, AND THERE HE IS KEEPING SHEEP. 22:18 NOW IF YOU THINK THAT GOD CAN'T MAKE THIS HAPPEN, 22:22 YOU KNOW, IF YOU AND I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A HELICOPTER; 22:26 THERE WERE NONE, BUT SUPPOSE WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A HELICOPTER AND LOOKED DOWN. 22:31 OVER HERE, AT THE EDGE OF BETHLEHEM 22:34 THERE IS THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, KEEPING SHEEP. 22:38 AND OVER HERE, IN A VALLEY, THERE'S GOLIATH, 22:42 SCREAMING OUT THREATENINGS AT THE WHOLE ARMY OF ISRAEL. 22:46 AND YOU BEGIN TO WONDER WHAT KIND OF A LOGISTICAL PROBLEM DO WE HAVE ? 22:49 WE'VE GOT THE PROBLEM HERE, AND THE SOLUTION THERE, 22:52 AND HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU GET THE RESOURCE TO THE NEED ? 22:57 BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL. 23:03 SO ONE DAY, JESSE SAYS TO HIS SON, 23:06 "DAVID, I HAVE ANOTHER MENIAL TASK FOR YOU." 23:10 FOLK, THERE'S A LESSON IN THIS. 23:13 NO TASK MUST BE THOUGHT TOO SMALL. 23:17 NOW, ALLOW ME TO GET SOMETHING, TO SQUEEZE A POINT OUT OF THIS. 23:23 IF YOU LOOK AT TELEVISION, YOU BECOME ENAMORED WITH IMAGES OF JOBS, 23:29 AND YOU THINK THAT YOU CANNOT BE ANYBODY IMPORTANT UNLESS YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THOSE BIG JOBS. 23:35 YOU'VE GOT TO BE A DOCTOR OR A LAWYER, 23:38 YOU'VE GOT TO BE AT LEAST A POLICE OFFICER; 23:42 THAT'S A NEW SEASON THAT HAS A SCAD OF POLICE OFFICERS. 23:47 SO LITTLE CHILDREN GO ABOUT WANTING TO BE WHAT THEY SEE ON TELEVISION. 23:51 AND WHAT THEY FORGET IS THAT WORK; ANY HONEST WORK, 23:56 IS LOOKED UPON BY GOD AS HONORABLE. 24:01 NOW I DON'T THINK THAT LITTLE CHILDREN OUGHT TO DREAM SMALL DREAMS, 24:06 BUT UNTIL YOU REACH YOUR DREAM JOB, 24:09 YOU OUGHT TO BE WILLING, LIKE DAVID, TO DO WHATEVER JOB COMES TO YOUR HAND. 24:15 FOR IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL IN SMALL THINGS, 24:18 GOD WILL MAKE YOU RULER IN LARGE THINGS. 24:21 (applause) 24:26 SOME FOLK COULD HAVE A JOB RIGHT NOW, 24:29 BUT THEY DON'T WANT A JOB UNTIL THEY CAN WEAR A SUIT. 24:35 I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT THIS MINUTE THAT I WEAR A SUIT 24:38 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEVER PUT ON A TIE WHO CAN BUY AND SELL ME BEFORE BREAKFAST. 24:45 YOU MUST NEVER ALLOW THE MEDIA TO TELL YOU WHAT JOBS ARE HONORABLE AND WHICH ARE NOT. 24:52 IN FACT, WE ARE NOW INFESTED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME LAZY AND CODDLED 24:59 BECAUSE THEY WON'T DO WHAT DOSEN'T APPEAR TO BE POWERFUL. 25:03 LET ME TELL YOU, FIND YOURSELF A SMALL JOB AND LET GOD SEE YOU. 25:08 AND IF GOD SEES THAT YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A SMALL ONE, 25:11 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT GOD WILL MAKE ROOM FOR YOU TO GET A LARGER ONE ? 25:17 I PERHAPS COME FROM THE OLD DAYS, 25:20 BECAUSE WHEN MY WIFE AND I BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE, 25:23 PART OF THE PROPOSAL WAS ALWAYS THAT I WOULD HAVE A JOB. 25:33 NOW I HAVE COME TO KNOW THAT IN SOME PROPOSALS THE JOB DOES NOT PLAY A PART, 25:40 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT LOVE IS ENOUGH. 25:48 WHEN MONDAY COMES AND ALL OF THE CONFETTI AND MUSIC AND SILVER 25:56 AND PUNCH BOWLS AND DOUBLE-DECKER CAKES HAVE GONE, 26:02 SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. 26:04 AFTER ALL OF THOSE ROMANTIC MOMENTS, 26:08 YOUR STOMACH WILL REMIND YOU OF REALITY. 26:15 LOVE IS A LOT, BUT IT IS INDEED NOT EVERYTHING. 26:21 AND IT OUGHT TO BE. 26:23 BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE INSTEAD OF ALLOWING 26:25 THE TELEVISION TO SET WHAT IS HONORABL 26:28 WE COME TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER 26:29 JOB IS HONEST, IF IT'S DONE 26:32 WELL, FOR GOD WAS LOOKING AT 26:35 DAVID, AND HOW HE KEPT SHEEP. 26:38 AND THOSE THINGS THAT HE DID 26:40 KEEPING SHEEP SHOWED THAT HE 26:42 WAS QUALIFIED TO BE THE KING. 26:45 BECAUSE HE WAS HUMBLE ENOUGH 26:47 TO CARE FOR SHEEP, GOD WOULD 26:49 CHOOSE HIM TO CARE FOR THOSE 26:52 WHOM HE CALLED HIS OWN. 26:56 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK ARE THE "DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES." 26:59 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER, 877-BOL-OFFER, 27:04 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 27:08 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:10 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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