Have you ever considered what David felt like going up against Goliath? The presence of this mighty giant alone would make most of us retreat in defeat and fear! Why even try when you don’t have a chance? I think to answer that question we have to look a little deeper at the word TRY…
When we try with our own fleshy mighty force we grow tired, weary, and want to give up. Our mighty turns into weak, doubtful, and skeptical at times. We ask… where are you God? Why aren’t you helping us with what we hope is your will? Why aren’t you parting the seas for goodness to prevail? Why aren’t you uniting instead of dividing? Why aren’t you healing instead of letting more pain happen? Why aren’t you opening up the flood gates to prosperity? Why aren’t you feeding the poor and homeless? Why aren’t you melting hardened hearts to forgive? Why, why, why?
A whisper reminder…it is because my child, it is not your will, but mine. When the time is right, I will help you and all my children. I will raise you up just as I did David to go against your own Goliath’s. I will give you the strength and endurance to throw the rock to triumph, I will heal those who are broken, I will feed those who are hungry, I will clothe those who are naked, and I will bring about unity to a country and people divided. What I need from you is to be able to work through all of you to help me accomplish these tasks. Together, we can bring about change but only if you let go of your fleshy ways to lead and control everything in your life. I did not bring you this far to abandon you my child… look to David and Goliath as a reminder of how to blossom and become your own David.