Defeating the Giants

1 Samuel 17:37, 44-47 (ESV) and David said, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw the bear would deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you! The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with the sword and with a spear and with the javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand (1 Samuel 17: 37,44-47).

The giants we face in our lives may not look like Goliath, but they could overwhelm or distract us from our relationship with God. Some giants can be situational. Perhaps it’s a relationship or a medical diagnosis looming over us and appears insurmountable. David looked beyond what was in front of him. If we allow our problems to overwhelm us, it’s difficult to see a way out. The goal of the believer is to step out in faith.