In the sport of boxing you must know who you are going up against; one can’t walk into the boxing ring without knowing the moves or routine. There are times when the boxers will sit for hours at a time watching and studying the other boxer to know where they are weak and when to bob when you should weave, understanding every tactic of the other guy.
When you are facing the enemy and the devil has you down and out it is always great to know how to defeat him. Use the word of God to bring Satan down. Study the word Know the enemy and when he tries to swing with a left duck and come up with a right then go for the Knock out!
When the children of Israel went out with Saul to go and see what this giant wanted they suddenly were fearful, so it says in the Bible that David had come there to the camp and when he heard the giant talking about His Jehovah God he got mad and said “who is this uncircumcised philistine that he will defy the army of the God?” (Samuel YOU 17:26)
Saul tried to arm David with what everyone else was wearing but David couldn’t wear that armor because he had not yet tried it.
When David called this giant out, goliath was rude and acting horrible to Israelites, this didn’t scare little David he just kept right on going for him. As he approached the huge giant he said “you come to me with sword and spear but I come to you in the Name of the lord.”
(Samuel 17:45)So, you see David knew his adversary and when he slung his rock he busted this giant between the eyes, the way the helmet was made that was the only place where it would kill him. The next thing David did was and is the most important part.
After it was all said and done and the giant had been slain David took goliaths sword and cut off his head. We need to take charge of our lives and let the devil know that we aren’t backing down, we know who he is and the greater(Jesus) is in us (1 John 4:4)
The key is not to give up, when you are faced with an opposition, stay in the race and never throw in the towel, call your problems out and say “Greater is in me then he that is in this world.”
THE ADVANTEGE OF KNOWINGIn the beginning when the Garden of Eden was being made and created God made man and woman, he made everything that was too be made. When the serpent came and spoke to eve she wasn’t afraid because she knew not of whom he was, when the serpent spoke she spoke back to him and that is when the slyness of Satan began to slip in (Genesis 3:1-6) Though it seems like such a small deed just simply eating from a tree, but that wasn’t what God had told them, he gave strict orders to not eat from that tree and at the moment when they ate they welcomed sin into the world and man was cursed and lived by the sweat of his face Genesis 3:17-18 .
You see Eve thought she was doing right and didn’t understand her adversary in life, so she and Adam fell that day. Always know your opponent and there techniques, in Boxing terms “she should have bobbed when she weaved.
When Sampson was laying his head in the lap of Delilah he knew nothing about her trying to kill him, he was so much in love with her that he told her everything. (Judges 16:6) you see he was blind to her beauty and how she kept him feeling good. She asked him several times to tell her where his strength came from, he would tell her one thing and she would wait till he slept and bind him, she was getting close to him so she could trap him into something that she wanted.
You see when the adversary starts in he moves slowly and cunning so that no one can recognize his works or tactics. When she would seduce him she went after his goods, when he would tell her each time she would try to defeat him, each time he would overcome, when she finely confronted him and said (Judge 16:15) how can you love me when you have lied to me three times, and when it was all said and done and she nagged at him told her that no razor can touch my hair because that’s where my strength is (Judges 16:17),
He spend the rest of his days walking in a circle pushing a grinding wheel until he defeated the army one last time, when the power from on high came upon him Judges 16:23-31. When he shook the pillars women, children, and men all died that day. In the close of this chapter I want to encourage you to be on guard and always stand for what you believe when it comes to Jesus.