The huge enemy strides into the Valley of Elah. He stands 9 feet tall, and his coat of armour, made of many small bronze plates, glimmers in the sunlight. The shaft of his spear is wrapped with cords so it can spin through the air and be thrown with greater distance and accuracy. Goliath looks invincible.

But David knows better. While Goliath may look like a giant and act like a giant, compared to the living God he is small. David has a right view of God and a right view of the situation. He sees Goliath as someone who is confronting the armies of the living God (1 Sam. 17:26). David confidently appears before Goliath in his shepherd’s clothes, armed with only his staff, five stones and a sling. His confidence is not in what he has, but in the God who is with him (v.45).

What ‘Goliath’ are you facing right now? It may be difficult training, a long placement far from home or a broken relationship. With God all things are small in comparison. Nothing is too big for Him. The words of the hymn writer Charles Wesley remind us: “Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, and looks to that alone; laughs at impossibilities, and cries it shall be done.” God is able to provide for you, and He may do so in ways you don’t expect.

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Poh Fang Chia

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