posted Oct 28, 2014, 6:41 AM by Grant Garber
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updated Jan 28, 2015, 6:55 AM
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David’s elegy (a poem of lament and praise for the dead): - Thrice repeated theme “How the mighty have fallen”.
- That the joy of the Philistine victory would be short-lived.
- A curse upon the Philistines that they would suffer a drought.
- Remembering Saul and Jonathan.
Lessons: - The difference between Saul and David?
- Saul had only the weapons of war, by which he perished.
- David had only the dreams God gave him, dreams that couldn't be defeated.
- The problem with success is that you then worry about losing it.
- We all have weapons and are tempted to use them when we feel threatened.
- God’s dream will always rise and prevail. But sometimes it goes into hiding.
- Not only are weapons ultimately ineffective, they also drive you crazy.
- It is impossible to hold a dream as big as the one God has for you if you are already holding weapons.
- The dreams God gives you can’t be protected by weapons. God doesn't need us to defend His good work in our lives.
- What God asks of us is something more demanding --- that we will still believe in the dream. Believe in the dream that there is always a holy purpose to your life.
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