Defeating Your Giants

Each of us face giants in our life that stand in the way of what we are supposed to do. They call out to us and taunt us. They intimidate us and bring fear. They make us feel inferior and weak. We stress about them and worry that we can never face them or defeat them. We often lose sleep because of them.

In reading the story of David and Goliath, I found some helpful things that you can do to slay the giants in your life.

1. Don’t listen to negativity or bad advice

When David arrived at the battlefield, his own brothers ridiculed him. They told him to go home and to tend to his little flock. The king told him that he was too young and inexperienced. Saul then tried to give him his armor to fight, but it didn’t fit. David knew that it was bad advice and took off that armor.

David didn’t accept the negativity of others or their bad advice and neither should you. Life is full of people who try to bring you down, tell you that you can’t do it or even try to equip you with things that don’t work for you. You need wisdom to know what is good advice and to follow it instead. God said if you lack wisdom, ask him and he will give it to you.

2. Know your strengths and prepare

David knew what he was good at. He knew what weapons he possessed and he prepared ahead of time. He stopped by a brook and picked out 5 smooth stones. He armed himself before facing his giant.

God has given you unique gifts and talents. Don’t believe the lie that you don’t have any. If you know what they are, stir them up and begin to use them. Prepare to use them to face your giant. Don’t wait until the problem is staring you in the face to prepare for it. You know it’s coming ahead of time. Don’t procrastinate or ignore the giant. Your destiny is to defeat it. You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you!

3. Know who you are and face it head on

David wasn’t intimidated by the giant or his words. David even yelled back at the giant that he was coming in the name of the Lord and that God would give him victory. He then ran toward the giant armed with his sling and defeated him.

Don’t be afraid to speak to your giant. Know who you are in Christ. Speak out loud who you are: I am a child of God. I am a royal priesthood, a holy nation. I have been called out of darkness. I am who God says I am and greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. When you know who you are and who you belong to, there is nothing that can stand in your way or defeat you.

What giants are you facing today? Have you let them intimidate you? Stand up, block the negativity, prepare to face it head on, proclaim who you are, go out and win the victory over it today.