Your Giants Are Not as Big as They Seem
David and Goliath was never a story about underdogs.
Here Malcolm Gladwell eloquently tells the story of David and Goliath - from a completely new perspective. It is well worth watching.
Some thoughts on it…
The David and Goliath narrative we are always told is about a clueless shepherd who had faith in God and killed the giant.
In truth, God had been preparing David his whole life to fight Goliath. It wasn’t a spur of the moment in a hopeless situation. David was born to kill Goliath.
Saul tried to put armour on David to strengthen him, but this would only be a hinderance. David had been trained as a slinger without armour, and this is how he was most deadly.
Goliath was a poser. He likely had the disorder acromegaly, and was therefore formidable in statue, but substantially lacking in coordination and eyesight. This didn’t stop him from cursing and intimidating David.
The stones were heavy, David’s aim was lethal, and Goliath was comparatively clumsy. The fight was therefore in favour of the shepherd, despite what we are always told.
No doubt it took immense courage, but all David had to do was what he’d always done, and God did the rest. God won the fight when David slung his first rock as a young boy.
The same is true with the giants we face. The devil’s primary weapon is fear, but he is also a poser. We are told that we don’t stand a chance, that we are not prepared, that we need to do things differently, that we are underdogs, that we are not enough.
But the fact of the matter is, nothing stands a chance against us if we have the almighty God at our backs. The fact is, God has been preparing us our whole lives for the giants we will face. We must just do what we’ve always done.
God tells us that He is for us,1 that He has been working good things in us,2 that we can be strengthened with all power according to His glorious might,3 and that if we have faith in Him, even the mountains will fall before us.4
These are things the devil wants us to forget. But let us not forget.
Something we need to ask ourselves, is how badly do we actually want to kill the giant? I find that I’m often happy to shake hands with Goliath.
If the desire for victory is true, then the stone will surely find its mark.
Romans 8:31
Philippians 1:6
Colossians 1:11
Matthew 17:20-21
David chose five smooth stones not because he thought he might miss but because Goliath had four giant brothers.
https://www.gotquestions.org/five-smooth-stones.html
Outstanding! And so thought provoking! Thank you Michael!