Keion Henderson - Introduced By a Fight

God is going to introduce you to the next level by what you are willing to fight. Everybody say, «Introduced by a fight.» Said again, «Introduced by a fight.» Said one more time, «Introduced by a fight.» Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh upon us today. Speak as only You can. Shake us like a rag. Whatever is high, bring down; whatever is down, bring up. But we shall never be the same. In Jesus' name we pray, somebody say «Amen.» Touch somebody on your way down; say, «The fight picked me, I didn’t pick the fight.» How many of y’all heard about the story of David and Goliath? Raise your hand so I can know. If you need me, I can do it in 30 seconds. Does anybody need me to give some background information on David and Goliath? Okay, so what happens is there is a group of people called the Israelites. They are in a perpetual battle with a group of people called the Philistines. By the way, I love the honesty because some people will leave church not knowing the story, pretending they already know it. These two groups of people are fighting, and most people know about the story of David and Goliath, but they don’t know that the story of David and Goliath has history that prompts this moment. This is not a one-off. Some theologians say about four or five times in Scripture, the Philistines and the Israelites keep fighting. When you have an enemy that doesn 't like you, and you don’t like them, it won 't be over until one of you dies. Either you’re going to kill the cancer, or the cancer is going to kill you. Either you’re going to kill the depression, or the depression is going to kill you. Either you’re going to deal with the anxiety, or the anxiety is going to deal with you. It won 't be over until one of you has been destroyed. Are you with me today? The armies of Israel were under the leadership of a man named Saul at the moment. You’ve got to listen to me today. Please don’t have a moment lapse; it was under a man by the name of Saul. Now, the Philistines, on the other hand, had a big army-some say up to 40,000 soldiers. Not only did they have 40,000 soldiers, but they also had six thousand horsemen, and then they had another unit, kind of like their FBI or CIA services, with another 3,000 special unit soldiers who were able to do operatives that no one knew about. They had this huge, huge army. Not only did they have 40,000- if that wasn’t enough — they presented a dude who 's nine feet tall, wearing impenetrable armor. So now they have a big army, and they’ve got a big guy in the army. It 's amazing. If you go back, and I want you to read the text when you get home as I have suggested, you will find out that the Israelites in our text never said anything about the size of the army. They only made a comment about the size of the giant. Here they are with 40,000 people they should be worried about, and their whole army is ignoring the 40,000, focusing instead on the one that’s bigger than everybody else. Because the truth is, they are not intimidated by the size of the army; they are actually intimidated by the size of the individual. Oh, you better hear me today. We hear no complaints about forty thousand. You know, go back, read the text: 40,000 soldiers, 6,000 horsemen, 3,000 in the unit. You hear none of that. All you hear is about one man-a giant man with six fingers on each hand and six toes, 24 total. He was so big he needed extra fingers and toes. A huge nine-foot giant stalking them. The Bible says for 40 days, morning and evening, not only stalking them, but stalking their God. Not only talking about their God, but talking about their capabilities. They took it for 40 days and 40 nights. They cowered, and they hid. They didn’t say anything; they had no expression because they were already defeated by the size of it. They couldn’t see themselves winning because they were intimidated by the size of it. And I want to know, am I talking to anybody online or anyone in this room who is listening to me and who would be willing to admit that sometimes you have been stagnant in your life because of the size of it simply due to the size of the thing you were facing? Talk to me. When you looked at how big the task was and how small you thought you were, you decided to do nothing because you couldn’t see yourself overcoming the enormity of the thing that you were facing. Is there anybody in the room and online again? Identify yourself. Have you been stagnant, depressed, and frustrated all because of the size of it? When you looked at the business God gave you, and you decided to go start it, and you saw how much paperwork it took to get it done, you backed off because of the size of it. When you saw what it took to get it done and you looked at your resources, you thought, «Oh my God.» You got discouraged in the midst of it all because of the size of it. Somebody else did it, and you’re more talented than they are; you have more connections and more wisdom, but you didn’t do it. And the difference between you and them is not your level of intelligence..