Where Are the Davids?: Dare to Become the Leader That God Created You to Be

By David Ayer

Deep in our souls we all want our lives to count—but do you know why? Because God made you. He crafted you with purpose. Inside your DNA is not just the code for your hair color, height, athletic ability, intelligence, or any other such things. Those are just the things that we can see and measure. No, in your very makeup are the seeds of greatness that God intended for you to cultivate and grow to bring his light into this dark world.

In Where Are the Davids? author David Ayer challenges you to become more than just a casual liver of life, observing the ordinary and experiencing the average—because that is not what God intended. Where Are the Davids? is the key to unlocking the door of destiny in your life. This book is the culmination of years of study and over twenty years of ministry experience. Understanding King David’s life as the spiritual model revealing how God raises His warriors from obscurity to reign, this book will show you how to become the champion that He created you to be.

Do you want to change the world? Do you want to escape the ordinary and achieve the greatness that God has intended for your life? Then let the original giant-killer, David, show you how. For more information go to: davidayer.me

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Feb 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781973647584

David Ayer

David Ayer has been involved in ministry for over twenty years. After an incredible salvation experience he became addicted to the presence of God in prayer, and the miracles began to flow. Soon David and his wife became part of an international evangelism team, preaching in several nations and seeing thousands both saved and healed by the power of the name of Jesus. Since then he has served God as an evangelist, youth pastor, assistant pastor, lead pastor, and church planter, also mentoring several ministers across the country. David is married to his beautiful wife, Denise. His two daughters, Gavrielle & Moriyah, are his pride and joy. He holds two Master’s degrees in Theology; he is currently completing his Doctor of Ministry.

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WestBow Press rev. date: 1/17/2019

DEDICATION

To the three amazing women who have taken this journey with me: My wife, Denise and my daughters, Gavrielle and Moriyah.

My precious Denise, I could not have made it without you. Thank you for making me better than I ever could have been without you. Thank you for never quitting on us or the calling that we share. I love you.

David

Gavi & Mari, I know it’s been hard. I know that too often you didn’t understand why. My prayer is that your faith has grown and that you too will each become A David. Serve Jesus. It is the best life. I love each of you more than you could ever know.

Daddy/Papa/Fritas

I’d like to say a very special thank you to Dad and Kathy. Without you, this project would have been impossible. Thank you for believing in it. Here it is.

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Section 1   Heart

Chapter 1   Heart of Worship

Chapter 2   Heart of a Shepherd

Chapter 3   Heart for God

Chapter 4   Heart of Faith

Section 2   The Wilderness

Chapter 5   Goliath

Chapter 6   Jonathans

Chapter 7   Ziklag

Section 3   Reign

Chapter 8   Hebron

Chapter 9   Bathsheba

Chapter 10   Absalom

Chapter 11   The Mighty Men

Chapter 12   Solomon

Conclusion

PREFACE

No book was ever written by accident, so why do you hold this book in your hands? Because I wanted to give you something that I never had. I want to give you a road map—a road map to your destiny.

God made you. He crafted you with purpose. Inside you, inside your DNA, are not just the codings of hair color, height, athletic ability, intelligence, or any other such things. Those are just the things we can see and measure. No, in your very makeup are the seeds of greatness that God intended for you to cultivate and grow to bring His light into this dark world, but look around you. Do you see much light? Do you see much greatness? Do you look at many people and say, Wow! They were made for that? Unless you live on a different planet than I do, the answer is no. Most people never become more than casual livers of life, observers of the ordinary, and experiencers of the usual, but is that what God intended?

This book is a recipe for rebellion against the ordinary life. Is it a road map to destiny? Yes, but that is really just a rose-colored metaphor. This book is really a compass and a machete because that’s all you need to move forward. You see, in this book I’m giving you True North and a tool to cut away the obstacles that you will face on your journey. What’s awesome is that inside you (are you ready for this?), God has already set your destination. You feel that, don’t you? Like something deep inside you wants to pull you into something truly great, but you just don’t know what it is? It’s there, and you are going to discover it. More than that, with your trusty compass and your sharp machete, you are going to get there. In this book, each chapter is like a refueling station on your journey, providing you with needed supplies and the coordinates of your next stop. It’s a hard path. Your arms will get tired from clearing the way before you, and at times you will feel completely lost. You can quit at any time, but you know in your heart of hearts that that decision only guarantees that you will never see your destiny fulfilled, so keep going. If you do, you too will become … A David.

Where Are The Davids?

INTRODUCTION

What is a David? The better question is, Who was David? If you live in the US or UK, there’s a good chance that you don’t really know. You might have heard of David right before a mismatched athletic contest, where the commentator said something like, This is a real David-and-Goliath matchup. This usually happens right before the David gets completely mauled, mutilated, and destroyed by the Goliath. Why? Because David isn’t supposed to win. If you’ve ever read the story of David in your Bible, however, you know something interesting … he does.

When we find David, he’s young, about sixteen years old. This handsome and athletic but basically normal teen is out on a sun-scorched field, facing the warrior-giant named Goliath, who carries a shield the size of Texas and a spear you could drive into the ground and stick a regulation basketball hoop on. This is the original David vs. Goliath matchup. So how does David come out for battle? Did he come out to face this monster of a man in the most high-tech armored chariot that Israel could produce? Did he roll out wearing the most sophisticated new body armor sent down from heaven on special delivery just for him? No, he went out carrying nothing but a shepherd’s staff, a sling, and a bag of five stones, but is that all that he had? No. He had a secret weapon, one that no one could see or could even guess that he possessed. He had his God.

David is one of the great heroes of the Bible for one reason—because he stepped out into battle against impossible odds for the honor and glory of God—and he won.

Where Are The Davids?

Today, Western Christianity is in a battle as never before. In the nation that pioneered the world missions movement, Great Britain, it is estimated that almost 40 percent of people don’t believe in God. The United States, another cornerstone of Christianity for the last three hundred years, is