Goliaths in Life

I recently had one of my aha and laugh out loud moments. It has been a long year with so many things or shall I say challenges in my life. Of course, nothing is too hard for my God. I truly thank him for all that he has done, will do, and is doing. However, every now and then, we all have things or obstacles, giants, if you will, that come in our life and we have to say... " is this for real!" I have had some "I can't believe this" moments, some "why me Lord" moments, some "what in the world" moments, some "I don't know what to do" moments, and some "you must not know about me" moments. Through it all, God has kept me. Through it all, God has been my resource. The power of Him. Without God, I wouldn't have been able to go through any of those moments. Just like in the book of Samuel, God chose the least to show his amazing power.



In the story of David and Goliath (some of you know the story), God told Samuel to go and take his oil and go in the camp and find Jesse who has sons. He said to anoint the man as king. Samuel asked Jesse to bring his sons to him. He said the Lord has chosen a man to lead his army. Of course, Jesse thought it was his oldest. In those days, the oldest was automatically the next in line for leadership. God told Samuel that was not the one. As the story goes, Jesse kept bringing his sons before Samuel and each time, Samuel presented him to God. God said, "no, not this one." Finally, Jesse was out of sons to present, but Samuel asked if he had another one. Jesse said yes, but he was a boy. Samuel asked God if the boy David was the one, and God said yes. Samuel was puzzled, but God had chosen a boy to do the work of a man to prove that by his Spirit, power, all things are possible.



As you know David had to face the giant Goliath. Goliath was a huge giant, and David was just a tiny boy. Although, small in size, David had worshipped, he had given God time. He had a relationship, a communication line to God. The longer David stayed in the presence of God, the stronger he became. The more time he stayed in God's presence, the smaller the giant became to David.



When it was time to fight the giant, they wanted to put Saul's armour on David. But David didn't need Saul's armour. He only needed the armour of God. David went up against the giant Goliath. As the story goes, he defeated the giant Goliath by using his sling shot. The stone hit Goliath in the middle of his forehead, the one spot that wasn't covered.



Goliaths in our lives sometimes seem really big. But when you take them to God, they become small in comparison. Put on the armour of the Lord, look those giants in the eye, and pull back your slingshot because God's got your victory! Just like David, God gave me the victory, and I can't take any credit. I have to say "look what the Lord has done!" There is nothing too hard for my God. The Goliaths in life are so small compared to our awesome God!



***This post was inspired by a wonderful pastor who took this message to a new level for me. I know that some will say that maybe it was politically incorrect to post this. If you know me, then you know I don't do what the Politically correct crowd wants. I am an original and not a copy. I don't even make apologies anymore. I shouldn't have to. My faith in God led me to send this post because someone has some Goliaths in their life, and he wants you to know that if you will just arm yourself with him, then those giants will fall.