Got any Goliath(s) in your life? So tell me, what are you doing about/with/to them? Trying to ignore? Feeling defeated? Letting ‘them’ control? What? You do remember what happened to Goliath, don’t you? Precisely. He got defeated. Now… what did it take to defeat him? And don’t tell me that it was a rock from a slingshot because it was sooo much more. And don’t tell me that the victor was a young man, actually a boy, because he too was sooo much more. Lastly, don’t tell me that this has nothing to do with your life and issues because that too is sooo incorrect.
Goliath(s) are NOT all the same. Some are bullies and run away when you don’t succumb and actually challenge them. Some are truly as strong as they appear – but don’t ever let the appearance of strength to deter you. Never ever just give in, give up and go away defeated. If you do then you are denying who you are and Whose you are. You are saying to those goliath(s) that they are mightier and stronger than God. Is that really what you want to say?
I’m not suggesting that your goliath(s) aren’t strong, I’m suggesting that God is considerably stronger and that He will prevail. For you that means that as you walk according to the path the Lord has you on that you will prevail. Scripture tells us in James 1:2-4, that when we fall into various trials that the testing will produce good results. In Hebrews 4:15 we are told that Jesus was tempted as we are but without sin. And many times, this is the problem – we fall for the seduction and temptations leading us face to face with Goliath.
The clincher, for me, that I can defeat my goliaths is 1Corinthians 10:13
“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to
man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted
beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make
the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
No temptation. Read that again… NO TEMPTATION beyond what we can bear. He will provide an escape. It means that we can go to Him and not be cast aside but given the necessary ‘tools’ so that our goliaths, like David’s, are defeated!!! It’s time to face the goliaths in our lives and overcome. We are able. We are equipped. We can defeat them.
