Face Your Goliath!
My very favorite story in the Bible is that of David and Goliath (1 Sam. 17). Over the years, I have learned so much from this story. Today, I want you to think about the Goliath’s in your life. I am referring to the things that you can’t seem to overcome but are always there to mock you, to make fun of you and to bring you down. We have those moments where we think we have finally slain the giant but then we turn around and it seems we just knocked him down for a moment and he is right back there to greet you head-on with what seems like a renewed strength. I feel this way about roaches. The never seem to die! You can spray them with bug killer and they just run away to their dark little hidey-hole of roachness. Then, later, when you are all settled down, you see him again. He manifests his presence just to let you know you didn’t win. I have married the master bug wrangler. We live in the middle of the trees and unfortunately, roaches (or palmetto bugs as some of you like to call them … which is just a fancy name for the grossest bug of all time) are a part of life.
How does this relate to Goliath? Well, we live a life full of things that will always fight for our attention. Each day, things and circumstances that will want us to feel like we can’t overcome surround us. However, I want to encourage you that you can overcome! You can have victory! It never ceases to amaze me how the enemy of our soul will saturate us with negativity, thoughts contrary to the Word, and other events that will bring us to a place where we feel like we can’t win. BUT – we can partner with the name of the Lord, just like David, and defeat the giant once and for all. What name of the Lord do you need to call upon? Do you need the Lord of Peace? The Lord our Healer? The Lord our Banner? You have access to the Great I Am and He wants to fight the battle for you. Rest in Him and allow Him to give you the word and direction He has for you.
