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NASB | 1 Samuel 17:47 and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 17:47 and that this entire assembly may know that the LORD does not save with the sword or with the spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will hand you over to us." |
Subject: The fruitlessness of fighting |
Bible Note: The fruitlessness of fighting......................................... I would like to share my personal experience with fighting during my youth and how I learned that this verse gives a better solution. When I was in 1st grade, I was on the playground one day, and Jason, the biggest kid in the class and I got into a fight. He hit me once, which knocked me down and skinned my knee. That ended the fight with him as the "winner". When I was in 2nd grade, I had a crush on a little girl in my class. One day a 6th grade kid took her ball and kicked it on the roof of the school. I challenged him to a fight, hit him once, and he ran away. That ended the fight with me as the "winner". When I was in 3rd grade, there was a classmate named Matt, who was much smaller than me, but who picked on me all the time. So one day, I hit him, knocking him down and tearing his jacket. I was caught fighting for the first time and punished by the school principal. When I was in 4th grade, two of my friends named Peter and David were fighting with each other. I tried to break it up, but ended up in the middle when the teacher walked in. We were all sent to the school principal and punished. When I was in 5th grade, there was a bully named Shane, who picked on everyone in the class. One day I decided to teach him a lesson. So when we were on the bus, I challenged him to a fight and hit him several times. I was again sent to the principal to be punished. When I was in 6th grade, there was a kid named Andrew, who tapped me on the shoulder during lunch. When I turned around, he hit me on the jaw and then took off before I could respond. So I finished my lunch and waited outside the door for him to come through. When he did, I hit him on the jaw and took off before he could respond. Later in the day, he found me in the hallway and hit me in the jaw again and took off before I could respond. Then I waited by his locker and hit him in the jaw again and took off before he could respond. After all of this, I was sitting in math class and thinking about my day up to that point. I imagined this pattern continuing for the rest of the day, and then for the rest of my life. Suddenly it occurred to me that violence is a never ending cycle. Fighting didn't really solve anything, it just caused a lot of pain in the jaw. So after class I talked with a couple of his friends in the bathroom and told them that I had decided to not fight anymore. I explained how I had realized that it wasn't going to resolve anything and would be stupid to continue. They were surprised of course, but had to admit that it made sense. Therefore, that little feud ended there, and although I had 10 more years of school, that was my last fight. Fear didn't stop my fighting after getting beat up in the 1st grade. Punishment didn't stop my fighting after getting caught in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. But God stopped me by using that still, small voice inside to show me His perspective on fighting. God does not want us to depend on the sword to deliver us from our problems. The battle is the Lord's and He wants us to come to Him for the answers. |
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