We Are All Goliaths

 

How many times have you heard the story of David and Goliath? It seems that Everyone says that just as David faced his giant, we can face ours. 

 

Baloney!

 

More often we are the Goliath. This story is not about how we can face our big trials in life. It's more about how we are Goliaths.

 

Ask yourself, why did David face Goliath? He faced off with Goliath because Goliath insulted God. The soldiers said in 1 Sam 17:26, "Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” (ESV). In defying the armies of the living God, he was challenging God's sovereignty.

 

David was aghast that no one would stand up for the Lord. When David went out to fight him,1 Sam 17:43 says, "And the Philistine cursed David by his gods" (ESV). That's us. We curse God by the idols in our lives.

 

David's response is in 1 Sam 17:45-47 where he says, "I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied ... I will cut off your head ... That all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, For the battle is the Lord’s ... and he will give you into our hand" (ESV).

 

This was a cosmic battle. It was about God's honor and that the whole earth will know about God. 

Are our battles about God's honor? No! We fight against Jesus, the descendant of David. When we don't see that our addictions, sexual sin, depression, and other sinful practices, dishonor God, we are Goliaths. We like Saul and his army, they are ineffective and don't challenge us. We don't want to see any Davids in our lives.

 

• We defy God by trying to clean up our own act.
• We defy God when we think that our salvation is about us and up to us.
• We defy God when we focus on fixing ourselves instead of bringing glory to God.
• We defy God when we don't overcome sinful behavior by God's power working in us.

 

The Holy Spirit is like David who comes to us to convict and destroy the sin in us. Our sins make us Goliaths but Jesus came to slay those sins.People who call themselves Christians and live like the world are Goliaths who are defying God. If that's you,  Watch this video I've made https://www.tiktok.com/@bibledevotiondaily/video/7091815127263038762?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7235060026946127406