What Is Your Goliath

In 1 Samuel 17 David?s confidence in Christ is displayed as he defeats a Philistine champion known as Goliath.

The most REMARKABLE thing is that David was just an ordinary guy. In fact, he was a slave to his father Jesse and worked with the livestock as a shepherd. God told Samuel, the prophet, that David was next to be anointed as king. He would be king over the Israelites after King Saul?s disobedience.

The CRAZY thing is that even though David was anointed as king, he would have to wait for years; continuing to tend to the sheep until he could finally take the throne.

God put a pause in the pasture.

God knew that the time David spent tending the sheep in the pasture would grow more of his heart for God. God told Samuel He had ?a man after His own heart? (1 Samuel 13:14) that He was calling as King. David was just that man.

David found out about this Goliath who was taunting the army of Israel. Unlike any other Israelite, David said ?who should defy the armies of a living God?? (1Samuel 17:26)

David's trust in the pasture acquired a greater confidence in the battle.

The pain of the pasture works a greater confidence in the conquer. The conquer is to defeat any Goliath with the living God as our strength.

What is your Goliath? You know that one thing you battle that seems to be impossible to defeat within your life today.

Will you trust in the living God to be your strength through it?

~Nettie Clawson

26 2019 Oct-Dec

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