David and Goliath part two

Just about everyone is familiar with the story of David and Goliath. We all tend to root for the underdog when watching a competition between two people or two groups where one seems to be superior to the other. When studying the Revolutionary war we see such a match up. Great Britain was the most powerful nation in the world. They had the greatest navy, and controlled much of the known world. The American colonies had no navy, no army, and no experience in battle. The minute men were farmers who took time off to practice drilling, but they knew little of military life or tactics. How were the Americans able to defeat such a Goliath? I believe the answer is found by seeing God’s hand in American history once again. During the time that the Revolutionary war was going on, Britain was involved in wars with several other countries. Britain’s best generals and soldiers were busy fighting in other wars and were not available to fight in America. The British were so low in numbers of soldiers, they were forced to hire mercenary soldiers known as Hessians. God allowed America to fight Britain at just the perfect time in history. When General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington after the battle of Yorktown, there were still thousands of British troops that were still at large. These troops simply went up to Canada to wait for the American experiment of self government to fail. Under these circumstances, it would have seemed obvious that Britain would be very difficult when it came time to make a treaty. However, to the American’s surprise, the British offered one of the most generous treaties of all time. The Americans had asked simply for all of the land to the Appalachian mountains. Instead the British offered all of the land to the Mississippi River. In other words, we got twice as much land as we were asking for, even though we had not really defeated Britain. How can this incredible generosity be explained. I believe it is explained in the fact that it was God’s will for America to have all of the Continental United States. The Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary war, was God’s instrument to begin the process of God giving us all of the Continental United States. When King Saul asked David how it was possible for him to have a chance against a giant, David replied; “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” When the United States (David) took on Britain(Goliath), the key to our victory was the fact that God delivered us from the hand of the enemy