March 23, 2011 Conqquer the Giants

Conquer Giants
Read 1 Samuel 16-17

1 Sam 17:26 Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?
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1 Sam 17:32 “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”
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1 Sam 17:37 “The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”
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1 Sam 17:45-46 “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”

WHAT DO YOU think makes the David/Goliath story so appealing? Is it the boy destroying the giant? Is it the brave boy going forth when fear grips the army of Israel? Is it good winning over evil?
I read something earlier this week about David’s victory. The person commented that David never referred to Goliath as a giant. Instead, “pagan Philistine” or “Philistine” is how David saw him—a man from another country who defied God—nothing more. And David knew that God would use him to conquer Goliath.
David walked past the fear in the camp to encounter the enemy of God. “Fear” “giant” “defeat” were not in David’s vocabulary because he trusted his God.
Giants come against us, don’t they? They’re named Uncertainty, Hurt Feelings, Jealousy, Disappointment, Unforgiveness and Anger. They loom large before us, and they never go away until we trust in the Living God to conquer them. Giants get real small when we trust the Living God to conquer them.


Pause and Consider: that you can conquer giants one step at a time as you walk with God’s power.