David’s five stones. David’s battle included his five stones; along with these, he had skills and abilities. I am unsure what you’re currently facing. I wonder if you can see your way to using some or all of the stones mentioned in the previous posts – your knowledge of God, trust, grace, worship, knowing who you are and whose you are, as well as your skills and abilities to support you walking this journey?

I know that despite our capabilities, there are times when instead of relying on them alone, we need to look up and know this God I have written of. Times we’re we vulnerably choose to trust Him to win the battle for and with us. His grace is sufficient for us in our times of need when we lean into Him and ask Him. Sometimes this sufficiency will come through a friend, a stranger, a written or spoken word, a song or the sight of a sunset. Your heart grows a little bigger, hope rises, and you realise my circumstances are not changing, yet I am changing in them.

 Know that He has called you by name – You are His son, His daughter, His beloved – you are enough, and from this place of knowing – one’s response is to turn and give thanks, to worship Him.

Pause and consider: We can choose to worship Him in our circumstances, to worship out loud (lift your voice), or with a sigh – from your place of sorrow, hardship, joy, from a place of living loved or feeling unloved. I encourage you to worship Him as best you can and know – it is enough because he sees you, knows you, understands you and oh, how very much He loves you.

Know that the battle belongs to Him, even when our own actions brought us into battle – all that we surrender to Him becomes His.