Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for April 12, 2026

NEVER IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH!!!

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Zechariah 4:6b

“Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” Says the LORD of Hosts.”

Additional Verses

📖 1 Samuel 17:17-58; Mark 11:22-26; Acts 1:4-8

The victory of David over Goliath shows how the Spirit of the LORD works in favor of those who trust in God even when they are faced by impossible situations. Goliath was so heavily armed and physically he was a giant who had been trained for war and war was his business all his life. 1 Samuel 17:4-7 says, “And a champion went out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span (almost ten feet). And he had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of mail, and he coat weighed 5000 shekels of bronze. He had bronze shin armor on his legs and a bronze javelin across his shoulders. And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; his spear’s head weighed 600 shekels of iron. And a shield bearer went before him.” The armies of Israel were so terrified by this man that none was found among them who was prepared to fight him. David, a shepherd boy without any war experience voluntarily asked Saul to allow him to challenge the Philistine champion. David was only an adolescent, with a healthy reddish color and a fair face not at all trained for war. However, David had something very special which he had received from God which he valued more than his own life. It was the Spirit of the LORD Whom he had received when Samuel the Prophet, anointed him king instead of Saul. (1 Samuel 16:13-14) When he challenged Goliath, David was more conscious of the Spirit of the LORD Who had taken over his life, than the size of Goliath and all his armor. Unlike Goliath who boasted of his size, his armor, his many years of experience of war and his shield bearer, David put all his trust in the LORD. He did not boast in his human strength. David declared to Goliath that the battle was the LORD’s and he was coming into the battle field to claim his victory over Goliath and the whole army of the Philistines because the LORD had already given them into his hands. It was not by might or by power that he was going to defeat Goliath, but by the Spirit if the LORD. The response of David against Goliath is also the response that is expected of every child of God as you go through the many challenges of life. Isaiah 40:31 says, “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.” If you are sick and you want your healing, the one thing you have to do is to be conscious of the anointing of the Holy Spirit in your life and what such anointing is capable of doing and even to all your adversaries. Isaiah 10:27 says that the yoke will be broken from your neck because of the anointing. Matthew 6:33 says, “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all other things will follow.” You may have been sick for so long or you may have suffered from any other problem which no human person or system has been able to provide you with a lasting solution, let me tell you what you need to do. Use the name of Jesus Christ in faith and I tell you, you are going to see that sickness or problem vanishing from your life. Romans 8:37 says, “Yet in all these, we are more than conquers through Him who loved us.” Remember what Jesus Christ said in Mark 11:22-23; “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, thank You for letting me know that I must always depend on You and never on my own strength. It is not by might or power but by Your Spirit that all things work together for my good. I bless and praise Your name. Thank You LORD Jesus Christ. Amen.