From the time we are able to communicate with the world, people ask us "what is your name and what do you want to be when you grow up?" I can recall saying my name is Carmen and I want to be a truck driver. You could have heard a pin drop! Ironically those same words follow us to our adult life. Now instead of asking what is your name, they want to know more about where you came from, where are you heading, what credentials do you have, and oh by the way do you want to be a giant slayer?
In high school I was assigned a book to read. I took one look at the text and thought, "hmm, I can purchase cliff notes and find out everything there is to know about the story in less than one day." That literally, had to be one of the worst mistakes I ever made. A few weeks later, my English teacher gave the test and all of the self confidence I had, was now out the window. The questions were hard and it was nothing that I read from the cliff notes. A preconceived notion.
David the youngest son of Jesse was anointed by Samuel. "Then the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him; he is the one." (I Sam. 16:12b) Little did David know his anointing was about to destroy a giant. We have heard the story before, Goliath a 9ft tall Philistine who for forty days yells threats at the Israelites. Amazingly every one was scared of Goliath, because of his size. Fear will cause you to run away from your problems that you are facing, but Faith in God will cause you to face what has scared everyone else. David inquires from the others about Goliath and what will be given to the one who destroys him.
The destiny of David is about to be on display for the whole world to see. David's oldest brother was unhappy that David was there and that he was asking questions. Hearing of the inquires, Saul wanted to meet David, just one look and Saul thought that David would not be able to pull off a victory against Goliath. He even told David, "look, Goliath has been fighting since a young man" (paraphrased I Sam. 17:33 NIV). Fear of others will cause them to speak doubt. Saul only looked at David's outer appearance he did not know what he was anointed to do. There are times when God will hide who you are and what you are capable of doing for him until it is time to face the giant. At the end of the story we see that David faced the giant and used what he knew would help him win, he didn't rely on another's faith or weapons. He used what had been given to him. The next time you are faced with a giant, remember that you were anointed for the battle. God will use what's inside of you!
Sometimes we are too busy trying to size up people based on bias information or preconceived notions. Some people read books others read cliff notes, question is do we know the difference? If David, would have listened to people he would have never faced his giant and walked away with the VICTORY! Champions you don't have...to prove who you are to people, GOD anointed you to slay your giants! VICTORY IS YOURS!
Scripture references can be found in I Samuel 16 & 17 chapters.
