9.20.2009 - 1 Chronicles 20:1-8

1	In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.
2	David took the crown from the head of their king--its weight was found to be a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones--and it was placed on David's head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city
3	and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
4	In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.
5	In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver's rod.
6	In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot--twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.
7	When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
8	These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

I love reading about King David.
These verses talk about battles that King David went through and how he gave all his glory to God and good things happened. His men had to fight someone who had 6 fingers and 6 toes. that's crazy... but because David believes in God and lives for him he prevails like usual.

So what's so big deal about these big battles? no one really goes around killing people or run around with big spears... well everyday of our lives are spiritual battle. we gain and lose as we go... so we gotta keep on fighting the battle and even though there are many things that set us back and there are many times and opportunity to regain the land.

With God by our side we can never surrender because God is amazing and he will prevail, so let's put our trust in him and fight the battle.