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“Facing Our Giants”
1 Samuel 17:48
As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
Last week, we discussed the story of David and Goliath in our small group session. I’ve read this story so many times through my life and have heard it in church through many sermons. However, something always seems to hit you differently at some point in time about a passage you’ve read so many times in the past.
This verse really stood out to me in our study time together and I mentioned how the verse states David had no hesitation in running up to the battle line to meet Goliath. This is a confident person who knew that God was with him and would help him conquer Goliath. David had experience of trusting in God in the past and knew God would be with him as he fought Goliath. He was confident and did what he needed to do. Saul tried to put armor on him to help, but David didn’t need that. All he needed was a stone and his sling. Wow!
As I’ve thought more about this passage this week, I think about how all of us face giants in our lives that scare us to the point where we can’t face them. Stress and anxiety hits us and we cannot even fathom facing our giants. The enemy has as way of making us feel like the giants are way bigger than they are. Don’t get me wrong, some giants are terrifying, but God is BIGGER than any giant we face. That doesn’t mean the giant will just disappear because we have God on our side. However, it DOES mean that God will give us strength, courage and endurance as we face the giants.
Often we get upset when God won’t remove a giant from our lives. We have to remember that His ways are not our ways. Although we cannot often understand what God is doing, we know that He is working and that He’s worked through us and with us in the past. We have to trust Him and face our giants. It takes much prayer and faith.
I find myself dealing with a lot of giants in my life and I get stressed out and anxious easily. I need to fully focus on God and pray for wisdom, strength and endurance through it all. We can all be like David and run to the battle line to face whatever is in front of us staring us right in the face. We can conquer with God’s help. Running away from our giants will never solve our issues.
I want to encourage all of us today and every day moving forward, to bring fears to God regarding our giants and ask Him for the wisdom, strength, endurance and confidence to face the giants head on and watch God do amazing things.
“Facing Our Giants”
1 Samuel 17:48
As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
Last week, we discussed the story of David and Goliath in our small group session. I’ve read this story so many times through my life and have heard it in church through many sermons. However, something always seems to hit you differently at some point in time about a passage you’ve read so many times in the past.
This verse really stood out to me in our study time together and I mentioned how the verse states David had no hesitation in running up to the battle line to meet Goliath. This is a confident person who knew that God was with him and would help him conquer Goliath. David had experience of trusting in God in the past and knew God would be with him as he fought Goliath. He was confident and did what he needed to do. Saul tried to put armor on him to help, but David didn’t need that. All he needed was a stone and his sling. Wow!
As I’ve thought more about this passage this week, I think about how all of us face giants in our lives that scare us to the point where we can’t face them. Stress and anxiety hits us and we cannot even fathom facing our giants. The enemy has as way of making us feel like the giants are way bigger than they are. Don’t get me wrong, some giants are terrifying, but God is BIGGER than any giant we face. That doesn’t mean the giant will just disappear because we have God on our side. However, it DOES mean that God will give us strength, courage and endurance as we face the giants.
Often we get upset when God won’t remove a giant from our lives. We have to remember that His ways are not our ways. Although we cannot often understand what God is doing, we know that He is working and that He’s worked through us and with us in the past. We have to trust Him and face our giants. It takes much prayer and faith.
I find myself dealing with a lot of giants in my life and I get stressed out and anxious easily. I need to fully focus on God and pray for wisdom, strength and endurance through it all. We can all be like David and run to the battle line to face whatever is in front of us staring us right in the face. We can conquer with God’s help. Running away from our giants will never solve our issues.
I want to encourage all of us today and every day moving forward, to bring fears to God regarding our giants and ask Him for the wisdom, strength, endurance and confidence to face the giants head on and watch God do amazing things.
