We All Have Giants In Our Lives?

Hello everyone,

I recently listened to a sermon that talked about overcoming the giants in one’s life. When I listened to the sermon, the Lord put in my heart certain things which I would share with you today.

When you hear the word giant, the first thing that would most likely come to mind is the giant most read about in the Bible—Goliath. The story of David and Goliath is a very popular one indeed. But a lot can be learnt from the story itself which relates a lot to our daily lives.

Goliath happened to be the giant of the Philistine army who threatened the lives of the Israelites back in the days when Saul was King of Israel in 1 Samuel 17. The heart of the army of Israel melted at the sight of Goliath, of course judging from his height, physique and numerous victories to his name. These soldiers were very courageous on a normal day, but seeing Goliath as an opponent made the courage disappear. But come to think of it, doesn’t that sound like you?

Everybody has a giant in their lives. We may be confident over several circumstances and situations, but there is this one thing which seems to stand in our way, that which seems to eat up your courage and confidence, which brings fear and worry. No matter how small it appears, it is a giant in your life. But the question now is, do we really have a giant in our lives? Let’s go back to the Goliath story.

The army of Israel saw Goliath as a giant in their lives, but when David came around to see his brothers who were in the army as he ran an errand to his brothers from his father, he saw the giant, but guess what, the giant Goliath wasn’t a giant to David at all! Why was that?

David was a shepherd boy who had fought bears and lions which attacked his father’s sheep. One thing with his continuous stay with the sheep was that David was being trained by the One who made him defeat the bear and the lion. And One this person he found his rest and confidence in Him because David found out that this person was bigger than any bear and lion. And who is this person?—God. His confidence was in God Whom He had spent time with daily.

Everyone face one challenge or the other which is a giant in their life, but Goliath who thought was a giant to David was never a giant to him from the start, and why was that?

David had come to have a relationship with the One who was greater than the giant. The One who has put everything under His feet including what we call giant, it was David’s understanding about God that gave him so much confidence to stand tall to confront Goliath because he knew who got his back, and knew that Goliath was already under His feet, which was why he said in 1 Samuel 17:45, “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.”

David understood that the sword, spear, and javelin were nothing close to the LORD God Almighty. His relationship with God increased his confidence in God, which he knew his enemies had been trampled over. This is how we are to see our giants as defeated, even though they exist, they cannot overpower us because, “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4).

We shouldn’t see ourselves being attacked by the giant, because if we do we would always lose the battle. Just like David, he understood that the giant wasn’t coming against him, rather the giant was coming against God, likewise, as we place our lives in Christ, we are to see all our giants under Jesus, because all authority has been given to Him, and we are in Him, and He lives His life through us.

David didn’t wake up one day and knew that God was the One to place all his confidence on, to be able to confront any giant that came his way. There was something more, that he did to know that there was no giant that is greater than God in any way. And knowing what David knew is what we are to know to understand that we never had any giant in the first place. So, what did David know? Log on tomorrow, same time in the continuation of this write-up.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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