The story of David and Goliath has much to offer.  Every aspect of it offers a unique lesson to pull away.  There is one that I want to focus on today: David’s reaction to Goliath.

A lot can be said by how a person confronts a challenge.  Challenges can come in many different forms, fashions and sizes.  We all face them.  It is a fact of life – there will be challenges.

Let’s set the stage a bit on David and Goliath.  Here come this giant of a man into the picture defiling the armies of Israel calling for a fight to determine who will serve who.  1st Samuel 17 spends a lot of time talking about the sheer size of Goliath.  It does a good job describing him as what truly is a large fearsome man.  Take your scariest UFC fighter of today and multiply it by a factor of 10…and there you have Goliath.

And then you have the young boy who’s job is watching the sheep, likely a scrawny teen, David.

David looks at the problem and in a situation where most people would run fast and far away – he runs straight at it.  He doesn’t even come to the battle armed with what would be considered logical.  No armor or sword – just a sling shot and a few pebbles.  He doesn’t see the “size” of Goliath as an issue because he knows the “size” of his God who fights for him.

45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.” (1st Samuel 17: 45-47)

I heard my pastor say this recently and I think it is more than fitting “it is time to stop telling God about the size of your Giants and start telling your giants about the size of your God.”

This is exactly what David did.  He spoke to his challenge about the size of his God.  He declared the victory.  We don’t see him pleading with God to help eliminate the giant or to simply make the problem disappear.  He exudes confidence similar to Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego prior to entering the furnace, confidence that no matter what, God is in charge.

It is time that we trust He is able.  It is time that we stop letting the “giants” in our life dictate our direction, and in turn, declare to the “giants” that our God is bigger and able to conquer all things.

Question: Is there a time when you spoke to your giant about the size of your God and walked away victorious?