It seems everyone in the media is talking about Brett Favre this week, so I’m not going to talk about his comeback with the Minnesota Vikings (whoops...I just did). This past week Y.E. Yang stared down the golfing “immortal” Tiger Woods and beat him in the PGA Championship (one of the four major championships of the year). It wouldn’t have been unusual if Yang would have wilted against Tiger since Tiger was 14-0 in major championships when leading going into the final round before facing Yang this past Sunday.
David was a small shepherd boy when he was sent to the battlefield to provide food for his brothers. He likely had no idea that God would move him to fight the giant Goliath (1 Samuel 17). Yet God provided David with all he needed in a slingshot and 5 stones. Later in life he was on the run from the Israeli king Saul due to Saul’s being jealous of David’s popularity with the Israelites. David had at least two opportunity to kill Saul and end his harassment, but knew that it was not God’s will for him to do so. Likewise, Shadrach, Meschach, and Abendnego refused to bow down to their king’s idols because they served the one true God (Daniel 3). Yet another example is when God used Elijah to show the nation of Israel the one true God against 450 prophets of Baal (1st Kings 18:20-40)
So, we have examples of Christians who were willing to stand firm for their faith against what the world would view as giants. We are told that “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea.’ and it will obey you” (Luke 17:6). So, do you believe that your God is able to slay giants? What do your actions say?
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