About twenty years, James Smith or as the world knows him as, LL Cool J, dropped an album entitled “Mama Said Knock You Out” with a song on there named the same thing. This song’s emphasis was given by his grandmother. It was stated that Smith’s grandmother told him to knock out the critics by dropping a great album. When the smoke cleared, the album sold over two million records, thus receiving the distinction double platinum with platinum meaning you have sold over 1 million records. Just as LL Cool J’s grandmother encouraged her grandson to knock out the critics through his lyrics, God is encouraging you and encouraging me to knock out some things in our lives! He wants us to knock out negativity that surrounds us! He wants us to knock out the enemy that is within us! He wants us to knock out low self-esteem! He wants us to knock out marital issues! He wants us to knock out financial issues! He wants us to knock out emotional issues! He just wants you to serve notice on the devil, no matter where he is, that Daddy said knock you out! Just in case you have not received this revelation, let’s investigate a text that further emphasizes this point.
Today’s devotional brings us to 1 Samuel and to the renowned battle between David and the 9 foot giant named Goliath. It was earlier in this chapter where we find David bringing food to his brothers and thus seeing this polarizing figure as he has challenged the Israelites to fight against him. We find that he challenged them, morning and night, for forty days. Through David seeing his brothers and his countrymen afraid, he visited King Saul and told him that he would like to take on the challenge! Through King Saul’s human eyes, he told David that he was too small to fight Goliath. He was too young to fight Goliath. He did not have the experience to fight Goliath. Then, David had to show King Saul that he was capable and qualified. He let him know that God has allowed him, David, the shepherd boy, the power to kill a lion and a bear who tried to attack him and his flock. Because of this story, King Saul gave David his armor in order to go fight Goliath. As David tried out the armor, he realized that he could not wear Saul’s armor. As men and women of God, we have to recognize that we cannot wear our pastor’s armor! We cannot wear the deacon’s armor! We cannot wear the deaconess’s armor! We cannot wear the minister’s armor! We can only wear the armor that God has equipped us to wear! Through this revelation, David took the things he needed in order to fight Goliath, which was a slingshot and five smooth stones!
The story continues with Goliath talking junk to David and telling him that he would feed his body to the birds. Within today’s scripture, we find that God had given David the green light to knock out Goliath. We know this because David says, “This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head”. Today, I want you to think about the giants that are in your life. I want you to think about the future that God has in store for you. When you think of those aspects, think about how God has given you the strength to cut off the heads of those giants! Know that God has given you the power to knock out the giant of disappointment! Know that God has given you the power to knock out the giant of depression! Know that God has given you the power to knock out the giant of loneliness! Know that through it all, God has given you the power to defeat your giants, knock them out, and take their heads as trophies!
In closing, LL Cool J dealt with his adversity through what people said about him and his work as a rapper. Then, he came back with the album “Mama Said Knock You Out” and when it was said and done and two million records sold later, he did just that, he shut up his critics and knocked them out! Just like he did that to his critics, we can do that to the enemies that stand in our way! The rationale because we can knock them out because God, our Father, our Daddy, told us that we can knock them out! Exercise your God-given power and authority and knock out your enemies!
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