How David Slew Goliath

The story of David and Goliath offers 5 tips for dealing with giant problems in our lives. This 1-minute devotion explains.

The story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17 offers some wonderful principles for slaying our “giants,” those things that challenge our faith and sometimes seem insurmountable.

Five tips for dealing with “giants”:

1. David trusted God in his everyday life as a shepherd, being faithful in smaller things. This prepared him to be faithful in greater things (vv. 34-37).

See When Little Things Are Big Things.

2. David didn't trust himself. He trusted God. He responded to Goliath's taunts by speaking truth, and he wasn't deterred by the size of his enemy (vv. 45-47).

See The Shepherd Knew. The Giant Didn't,  Trash Talk versus Truth Talk, and Some Trust in Chariots and Some in Horses.

3. David ignored jealous critics and doubters (Eliab vv. 28-31 and King Saul vv. 33-40). 

See Don't Listen to Doubters and Sometimes We Miss Seeing the Heart.

4. While both armies stood waiting, David was proactive and aggressive in taking on Goliath (vv. 48-49).

See 4 Ways to Be Aggressive In Fighting Satan.

5. So let's follow David's example—building our faith in our daily life, speaking truth when others speak lies, ignoring jealous critics and doubters, and being proactive in fighting our battles.

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This devotion offers us an example of a “giant” that Christians are currently facing: A Present Goliath We Must Address & Defeat.

And I encourage you to do the Bite Size Bible study based on this devotion: Slaying Our Goliaths.


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The story of David and Goliath offers 5 tips for dealing with giant problems in our lives. This 1-minute devotion explains.
The story of David and Goliath offers 5 tips for dealing with giant problems in our lives. This 1-minute devotion explains.

The story of David and Goliath offers 5 tips for dealing with giant problems in our lives. This 1-minute devotion explains.


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2 comments:

  1. Bear Von LabJune 14, 2018 at 11:59 AM

    Lots if Godly wisdom here. I am sitting in a Hospital with my husband who just underwent cancer surgery to remove a tumor in his esophagus . He also had part of his stomach part of his spleen and all of his pancreas removed. He can't eat or drink until tommorrow and he is struggling. Yhe giant he has to face is huge . He doesn't know Jesus as gus personal savior. That is a great concern for me but I have given it to God and prayer from myself and others . My giant is not to get overwhelmed by his anger and disobediance to Dr.orders.So Lord I have no idea what my stone us except prayer and the knowledge thay God loves him. So I am thankful for your in depth message. It will take a while fir me to soak it all in but I kniw God is a big God and I trust Him to guide me through His Holy Spirit. Use me Lord however You want i regards to my husband. Give ne eyes to see. Ears to hear and a heart of flesh.
    In Jesus name Amen
    Marilynn

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  2. UnknownJanuary 27, 2021 at 1:35 AM

    Thanks for posting I shall share this with others.

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