Life of David 20 - 2 Sam 23_10-21 082309

David’s Desperate Heroes
2 Samuel 23:10-21

An Experiential Exegesis ofYour Unfavorable Circumstances
1. Like a Mattress—if you are under them they suffocate you

Thesis:
All of a saint’s circumstances are providentially made to be overcome by faith responses.

2. Like an Excuse—if you use them wrongly they justify wrong

2. Like an Excuse—if you use them wrongly they justify wrong
3. Like a Platform—designed to position you for promotion in God’s providence

Point 1.
God uses circumstances to make you courageous and teach you how to conquer.

There is nothing you are going through that God is not taking you through.
Point 2.

Becoming a Priestly Warrior
1. Desperate heroes follow God without being intimidated by others, 10

Point 3.
Do not let the failure of others to conquer the Philistines predict your future.

2. Desperate heroes follow God when the challenges are colossal, 11-12

A. When they are obviously outnumbered

B. When they are apparently inadequate, 20

B. When they are apparently inadequate, 20
C. When they are substantially unprotected, 21

3. Desperate heroes follow God when circumstances are unfavorable, 22

Getting Ready for a Lion-Fight
A. Our capacity to meet our challenge is often a matter of our expectation as we go through our challenge, and an expectation of faith can only be set through God’s word

Getting Ready for a Lion-Fight
B. Faith is always a proposition against all odds, because the goal of faith is not to eliminate risk, but to aid you to embrace risk