Taken by LJL

David and Goliath

“A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall.” 1 Samuel 17:4 NIV

In all your daily going ons do you sometimes feel like a David going up against the biggest Goliath you have ever seen?  So many things come crashing in from family, life, work, and the daily chores, shopping, house work, and taking one child to basketball, another to teen choir, and another to a friend’s birthday party all needing to be at their designated place at the same time.  Wow, when you stop and think about the day it sometimes seems to be so over whelming and you sit down defeated before the day even begins.  We can take a look at David as he stands back and listens to the threats from Goliath, “Choose a man and have him come down to me. If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us” (8b-9). The men all feared Goliath, to look at him in his grand stature and all his armor was rather intimidating, so much so that they ran away fearful and hid.  David asked, “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?" (26b)  Good question who/what is this person/situation that defies the army of the living God in your life?  There is nothing to grand or two small that God does not go through with us.  With the help of God David killed a lion and a bear in order to save one of his own sheep.  With the help of God each day we are able to go through our daily life, get everything done as it needs to be done and still end up sane.  Just like David said, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied” (45b). Go forth, proclaim the name of the LORD Almighty and know that you will survive any Goliath that you may meet along the way and rest in that.

In the Cross

LJL