You faced your giant
everyday. Disease, failure, debts. Different giants everyday. David felt that too when he was about
to face Goliath. He was a fine young man. And he reached his hand to the bottom of the river, to get a suitable stone to fill his fist.
Sometimes we failed and the giant knocked us out. But the story of David reminds us that God still loves us even when we failed. Bethseba was just a woman he saw beautiful at the first time. It was from the simple eye sight, but then it turned into a war to grab one woman. David ambitiously told Bethseba's husband to go to the front line in the battle field, and her husband died there. David did that in purpose to sleep with Bethseba and not returned her to her husband. David fell to the giant named lust.
In the valley of Elah, we learnt one thing. If you focus on the giant, you will fall. If you focus on God, will cope the giant. Why did David win? Because he focused on God. His words was full of 'God', that he believed God has given Goliath into his hand, that he came to Goliath not with a big power or weapons or army, but with the name of God.
Do you meditate God more than you think of your giants? If not, think about God. David picked up five stones on that day:
Stone 1: Remember the victory in your past. Remember what God has done to you, that makes you feel special. David then remembered, the lion and the bear. He was a shepherd, took care of His sheeps in the green pasture. And sometimes he found not only friendly animals were there. Not just once David protected his sheeps from the claws of wild animals, as bear and lion. He thought, if he could win in bringing down those animals by God's hand, of course God's hand also would bring down the Goliath.
Stone 2: Prayer. Don't face your enemy before facing God. Ask God what you must do. Be close to God more than any problems you've had.
Stone 3:
Priority. David was angry because Goliath had defiled the name of God. He wants to protect God's fair name, so He did that. Our priority is not money or all the world can give. Our priority is God, not our comfort.
God let you to have this chance so He can display His power, so He can show His strength, so He can show how strong He is.
Stone 4: Passion. David ran to Goliath, and didn't avoid him. He ran to one way, to the way where there was Goliath. Run toward to your giant, attack the giant.
Stone 5: Persistence.When counseling is not working, when praying seemed still in process, we have to keep going, we have to keep moving, we have to keep searching God. And in time, the giant will come down.