Trash Talk versus Truth Talk

Trash talk and smack talk are relatively new terms, but the practice has been around a long time. Goliath, for example (1 Samuel 17).

He trash-talked David this way:

“Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods. “Come over here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled. 1 Samuel 17:41-44

But Goliath was more than trash talk. 

He was the nine-foot champion of the Philistines whose armor weighed more than David (17:4-7). 

He'd taunted Israel eighty times before meeting David (17:16).

However, David didn't need trash talk because he had TRUTH TALK: "I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty" (17:45).

What battle are you fighting today? What giant taunts you?
You don’t need to handle it with your own power, intellect or weapons.

And you don’t need to trash-talk because you can Truth Talk.

Let God fight for you and bring down your Goliaths.
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