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'Each according to its kind' GENESIS 1:24
Question: How many giant killers were in Saul's army? Answer: Zero! When Goliath challenged Israel every soldier quaked with fear. Yet David, who turned up half by accident, sussed the situation, recalled his experiences with God and went out and killed him. Question: After David became king, how many other giant killers arose in Israel? Answer: Loads! '...then Sibbecai...killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued. And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan...killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who... also was descended from the giants.
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. These were descended from the giants in Gath [Goliath's home town], and they fell by the hand of David and by the hands of his servants' (1Chronicles 20:4-8 NAS).
Why do you suppose there were no giant killers in Saul's army? Because Saul himself wasn't one! But under David's leadership giant killers multiplied because David was a giant killer. This is the 'it-takes-one-to-make-one' principle that runs right through the Bible. Prophets raise up prophets, healers raise up healers, pioneers raise up pioneers. So the Word for you today is; be careful who influences you, and be careful how you influence others.
written by Bob Gass
