“You Servant Will Go And Fight Him”

David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”

Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”

Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”

1 Samuel 17:32-37

Goliath was nine feet tall. He had a coat of armor made up of many small bronze plates. The shaft of his spear was wrapped with cords so it could spin through the air. It could also be thrown with greater distance and accuracy.

David knows better. While Goliath may look like a giant and act like a giant, in contrast to the living God he is small. David has a right view of God and a right view of his circumstances. He sees Goliath as one who is defying the armies of the living God. He confidently appears before Goliath in his shepherds clothes, armed with only his staff, five stones, and a sling. His confidence is not in himself but in God.

What “Goliath” are you facing right now? It may be an impossible situation at work, a financial difficulty or a broken relationship. With God all things are small in comparison. Nothing is too big for him.

Don’t tell God how big your giants are, tell your giants how big your God is.

Our Daily Bread – September 12, 2014