<TITLE>27. Par 108-111</TITLE>L-108 "Don't make any difference. God told me to take this stick and go down and take over. God said so. I'm going to do it." Why, it seemed like ridiculous, but he did it. Hallelujah. Why? God takes the ridiculous to prove His powers. Hallelujah. That's what I believe. God takes the things which is not and brings that which is to naught. Amen. Sure He does.
Say, "How's He going to do this with this? How..." It's not our business to question; it's our business to obey.
Samson standing out there, one day the Philistines got after him. He knowed he was anointed. He knowed he was borned up--borned under Nazarite birth. And the Philistines was upon him. Said, "Philistines on me." He looked around, and he... Well, he wasn't a warrior. He didn't--he didn't know how to use a sword, so he just found a jawbone of a mule. And he picked up that jawbone of a mule, and the Spirit of God come on him, and he slew a thousand Philistines. Amen. What? The Spirit of God come on him. That's what makes the difference.

L-109 I was preaching one time in a football stadium, and as I went in the thing was packed out, and I was going through looking. Had a little sign up over the door. Said, "It's not the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog." That's good idea. It's not the size of the dog. It's the size of the fight.
Brother, you legalists here want to put it righteous indignation. Let's get excited. Hallelujah. Get stirred up about this thing and get out there and say, "God, You're real, and You're my Saviour, and I want to serve You. I don't care what the people say. I'm going to serve you anyhow." Get out and do something about it. Sure.
I see little Shamgar over there in the Bible. Very seldom you know anything about him. Little old, don't know much about him. There he was setting up there. The Philistines had come in, and there was no judges in Israel, and they just do anything they wanted to. About the way the churches are today.

L-110 All right. And the first thing you know, the Philistines had come in--come in and take what they had to eat. And here's little Shamgar standing out there. He'd... The year before they'd took all he had, and here he was standing there, his poor little wife standing there, and her sleeves all out, and his little kiddies barefooted, I can imagine, them standing there. He'd got some grain. He'd worked all summer. Said, "Well, wife dear, I suppose maybe this winter we won't starve, if them cursed Philistines will stay away. We got enough wheat now. We can get the kiddies some wheat, and some bread, and here's some barley. We have some porridge for breakfast. And I guess everything will be all right. Honey, I just so sorry. Your poor little arms look so bad, and your clothes are gone. Maybe I can sell a little and--and get you some clothes.

L-111 Directly hear something going, "Thomp, thomp, thomp, thomp." That's just the way you do when you think you got your church started out on the spiritual, here comes the devil send something in. That's just the way he does it. That's right. Don't pay any attention to him.
Here he looked out the window, raised back the barn door and looked, and there come six hundred armed men, big, fat fellows walked up armors and shields, coming over to get Shamgar's grub to take it back across. He looked, and he looked at his little wife. I can see the tears running down his cheeks. He looked around. "Well, if I had a armor and spear. What am I? I'm a farmer. I couldn't fight them, and look I'm out numbered. There's six hundred to my one. What can I do? But wait a minute. I'm an Israelite. I'm circumcised. I'm in the covenant of God." Hallelujah.


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