“When the Lord is With You, No One Can Kill You”

Scripture: “ … Saul had a spear in his hand and he hurled it, saying to himself, "I'll pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice. Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had left Saul.” -1 Samuel 18:10-12, NIV

As I write today’s message, my mind goes back to one of the classic movies of the early 1990’s. This particular movie placed a superstar singer, Whitney Houston, on the map as a solid actress. Her co-star was one Kevin Costner, one of the great actors of the past two generations. The movie they starred in was “The Bodyguard” where Houston played a superstar singer, Rachel Marron and Costner played her bodyguard, Frank Farmer. Though there were deaf threats and scares, Farmer’s intent was to let Marron know that when I am with you, no one would harm you or no one would kill you. When I think about this thing from a spiritual standpoint, I think about our Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, our Heavenly Father, who protects us in the same way that Farmer protected Marron. He allows us to know when He is with us, no one or nothing can kill us! Just in case you haven’t experienced that for yourself, here’s an awesome text to back this thought up.

1 Samuel serves as today’s backdrop. Within this particular episode, we find that David, the anointed next king of Israel, had just defeated Goliath in Chapter 17. Not only that, we have the maidens of the day going around the kingdom singing that Saul has killed thousands and that David has killed tens of thousands. When the word came back to Saul about this singing, he became furious and jealous. The Bible reveals that Saul kept a “jealous eye out on David”. Brothers and sisters, as you make friends and associates in this world, be VERY careful and leery of them because some of them may be looking at you with a jealous eye. At the end of the day, even if they are, if you have God on your side, they cannot harm you or kill you! In addition to this jealous rage of Saul’s, he also had an evil spirit invade him, coming from God Himself. As this spirit hit Saul, David played the harp to soothe this evil spirit. As David played the harp in today’s scripture, something happened. Let’s take a look.

The text reveals to us that King Saul had a spear in his hand. King James Version refers to this spear as a javelin. If you ever watched the Olympics and the track and field events, you know what a javelin is and the sharp point it has on its ends. The text continues on to say this: “and he hurled it, saying to himself, I’ll pin David to the wall”. Brothers and sisters on today, there’s an enemy with a spear/javelin of hate trying to pin you to the wall. There’s a javelin/spear of depression trying to pin you to the wall. There’s a javelin/spear of anger trying to pin you to the wall. There’s a javelin/spear of financial difficulties trying to pin you to the wall. Whatever you do, be leery and aware of the javelins/spears that are coming your way!

Read what David did here: “But David eluded him twice”. Hallelujah! Today, God wants someone to know that though the javelins are thrown at you, He has given you the ability to elude them! He has given you the ability to dodge them! He has given you the “head movement” to get away from them. He has given you the “body movement” to get away from them. Though the javelin/spear of financial difficulties were thrown at you, God gave you a way of escape and it missed you! Though the spear/javelin or hate was thrown at you, God gave you head movement to dodge the hate and still live life like it’s golden! He has given you the ability to dodge the javelin and stick your tongue out at the devil because he missed! Wherever you are, I dare you to give God the praise, the glory, and the honor, for the times the devil missed with his spears/javelins!

When the enemy realizes that you are dodging these javelins/spears, fear kicks in. This is proven in the final piece of the text when the writer wrote: “Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had left Saul”. When the Lord is with you, no one can kill you! When the Lord is with you, nothing can kill you! When the Lord is with you, it’s more than the whole world against you! I am happy to know the Lord on today because He has provided me a fence of protection, the ability to move, the wisdom to listen, the wisdom to adhere to His voice and warnings.

In closing, when you are a child of God, He has given you these same things and has given you the ability to withstand the pains in your body, withstand the javelins/spears that are thrown at you, and other things that may try and kill you! Today, thank God for being with you and with Him being there, no one or nothing can do any harm to you!