The Family Altar Audio Devotional - Day 275

And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. (1 Samuel 17:34-36) 43 And I think of the rugged training He did to David. He never so much as schooled him in some school, but He schooled him in His own school. David was a hunter and a shepherd. And in the Psalms he wrote of green pastures and still waters, because there he was alone, by himself. He wasn’t contaminated with the things of the world. 44 God has to get a man away from the things of the world, so He can get him quiet, so he can listen to God, that still, small Voice. Then, once in contact with God, he becomes fearless then. Notice that he don’t care what anyone says; he’s been in the Presence of God. He knows God in the Power of His resurrection. 45 And then, David, we see him. One day, God permitted a bear to come in and get one of his sheep. David just took after that bear. No doubt but what he prayed, because a little later on he confessed to it. And he prayed and asked God. He was caretaker over that sheep. He could not lose that sheep. And he must save that sheep, at all price. And he grabbed his little slingshot, and took after that bear and killed him. He must save that sheep. You see what God was training him for? 46 God wants His shepherds to save the sheep, regardless what he has to be called and what he has to go through. Save them sheep! 47 Then He seen that David was gallant over this bear, so He just raised the power of the animal a little greater, and He sent a lamb…a lion in and took one of the lambs. 48 And a lion is a fierce animal. Oh, in Africa, when I was hunting them…A lion can kill ten men before you can say, “Jack Robinson.” Oh, powerful, great beast! Just with a big roar and, just, men are consumed. And the one who dies under the power of a lion never feels any hurt. It’s such a scare, to hear that roar as he gives. Those great mammoth feet, just in a second, he’s tore down a dozen men. 49 And to think, of a little boy! The Bible said he was “ruddy.” That means he was just a little bitty fellow, with a little slingshot. You know what it is, a little piece of leather with a string on each side. And a hungry lion, with already the taste of blood in his mouth, run in and grabbed a sheep. David looked up to God, and said, “I can’t lose that one. You help me, Lord.” And he knocked the lion down, with the slingshot. And when the lion rose up against him, that little boy, and the lion weighing about five hundred pounds, or better, that little boy weighing maybe seventy or eighty. He pulled, from his little belt, the knife. And when the lion raised up, which would kill ten men in a couple slaps, he grabbed the lion by the beard and killed him. 50 Courage! God don’t want cowards. He can’t use you if you’re afraid to take His Word and believe Him. He wants gallant men, won’t pay no attention to nothing but what the Lord says. That’s the kind He has to move with. Regardless of what the church says, what the pastor says, what the church stands for; he stands for God and righteousness, and His Word. That’s the men we…God will send these days for His revival that His people are praying for. 58-1005e - "God-Called Man" Rev. William Marrion Branham ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order your own copy of the Family Altar at http://store.bibleway.org