1 Samuel 17:49 (NLT)
\u201cReaching into his shepherd\u2019s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.\u201d
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Be focused in your spiritual warfare. It is one thing to engage in battle, but it is something else to be focused on where you can make maximum impact. There are many places to plug in your energy. So don\u2019t dissipate.
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When David decided to fight Goliath, he knew he would not have a second chance to strike Goliath. So, while the giant was busy boasting and ranting, David was calculating and planning his strike.
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Don\u2019t waste energy on secondary issues. Leave empty talking to those light-headed brethren who think that talk is what changes things. We know that change only comes through spiritual engagement.
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Look around you and make the right calculations. It\u2019s called strategic thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ask yourself that critical question: \u201cIf you had one opportunity to remove that one obstacle on your way to God\u2019s best for your life, what would you do?\u201d
The first step in gaining momentum in your life and walk with God is to identify what to remove around you. Critical thinking means knowing what to do, when to do it, and how often to do it.
I repeat, David knew he had only one chance to hit Goliath, and he could not afford to miss. Likewise, don\u2019t throw your energy into secondary things. Focus.
When David shot the stone at Goliath, it was with all the force he could muster. It was not a soft shot.
We need to do likewise. It is not enough to identify what needs to be hit. Focus must be accompanied by great effort. Yes, know the target, but hit it will all you\u2019ve got.
Strategic focus can be summarized as aiming correctly at your most strategic target for maximum impact and doing so with all your resources. Please apply this to every endeavor in your spiritual pilgrimage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Samuel 17:49 (NLT)\u201cReaching into his shepherd\u2019s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.\u201d\u00a0Be focused in your spiritual warfare. It is one thing to engage in battle, but it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-1st-samuel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Samuel-Cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6866,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864\/revisions\/6866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}