The "Goliath" in My Life

The story of David and Goliath is important because it reminds us that through God, all things are possible. David said to a taunting Goliath, "You come against me with the sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord...all those watching will know that the Lord saves." David then took a stone and slingshot and hit Goliath in the forehead and Goliath was a giant beaten by not a small, under-equipped man but by the man with God on his side.

Sometimes the Goliath in my life is an actual person. Someone that causes me to re-think the way I see things. Someone that I feel threatens the things that I hold dear to me. Someone who creates conflict in my space.

Sometimes, the Goliath in my life is my mental health. Sometimes, my physical health. Sometimes, I am my own Goliath through my thoughts and actions.

What I struggle sometimes to remember is that I am not alone in any battle that is for good. I have God and His grace and love save. They will cover me to go into the battle. Sometimes I too am like David and I am under-equipped and smaller than the giant that I must battle. In those times, I am not alone. It is not by my own actions that I will win the battle.

I'd do well to remember. I'm sure I'll forget again, maybe even later today but I'll know it and God will remind me and allow me to feel centered again. On a side note, when I imagine this Goliath  as a big mocking beast like person, it makes me smile. Especially when I know that the battle I fight is for good.