David and Goliath

17 ^1-3 The Philistines drew up their troops for battle. They deployed them at Socoh in Judah, and set up camp between Socoh and Azekah at Ephes Dammim. Saul and the Israelites came together, camped at Oak Valley, and spread out their troops in battle readiness for the Philistines. The Philistines were on one hill, the Israelites on the opposing hill, with the valley between them.

^4-7 A giant nearly ten feet tall stepped out from the Philistine line into the open, Goliath from Gath. He had a bronze helmet on his head and was dressed in armor—126 pounds of it! He wore bronze shin guards and carried a bronze sword. His spear was like a fence rail—the spear tip alone weighed over fifteen pounds. His shield bearer walked ahead of him.
^8-10 Goliath stood there and called out to the Israelite troops, “Why bother using your whole army? Am I not Philistine enough for you? And you’re all committed to Saul, aren’t you? So pick your best fighter and pit him against me. If he gets the upper hand and kills me, the Philistines will all become your slaves. But if I get the upper hand and kill him, you’ll all become our slaves and serve us. I challenge the troops of Israel this day. Give me a man. Let us fight it out together!”
¹¹ When Saul and his troops heard the Philistine’s challenge, they were terrified and lost all hope.

 This story is so simple, and from there we all learnt that the whole Israel was terrified by just one man-Goliath. Just that one man terrified the whole nation. How can that be, is the first thing we thought. Is Goliath so scary, so large that he cannot be defeated? We know that regardless how he looked, God is always bigger. He can conquer everything using anyone who put Christ before anything else. Are we like the Israelites? When we are faced with problems we complain, saying that we cannot conquer? We are like the Israelites! Israelites complained about Goliath. We complain about our first world problems. When we see in 3rd person perspective, it would be easy. however, when we are doing it, it would be hard and difficult. That is key, we should not look at the problems at all but look at God. Because God can help us through all these issues. In every facet of life surrender it to God and He can guide you and you would only need to claim His victory for Christ. Amen!