One small stone took down the behemoth who placed an entire army in fear. He, who spoke with disgrace about the one true God, who believing that his power was in his size stood before the boy with the stones and probably chuckled. There he was all 9 feet, 9 inches, towering over this young teen, if he had reached his teens. He was covered in armour and was to many, invincible.
Then the teen, who trusted that God would deliver him, picked a stone, placed it in his well worn and practiced sling and began to spin it. In time, the stone was released and the name of the fallen has been forever on the lips of many as the one who fell before David.
Goliath was not killed by a stone, he was stunned by the stone, and then had his head removed by his own sword. Gruesome, of course. He had defied God, His army, His people and all had shrunk back because all they saw was his size. David saw more than size, he saw a fool. One who depended upon himself rather than upon the one true God, and David the ancestor of Jesus took his rightful place in the history of mankind and did what he was called to do, obey!
What about you? What giants stand between you and obedience? I know that I too have many and I need to slay them individually. There are the giants of ancient pain, of fear, of rejection, of sadness, of recent pain and there are so many more. Some of them don't even have names yet, but they will. With God's help, with obedience and with some small smooth stones they too will be slain.
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