That Giant Within You

Do you know you have a giant within you?, giants are figures which no ordinary man can resist. They are strong and big with a lot of confidence. Goliath (which means giant) of Gath exhibited these qualities when he faced the children of Israel. He was so confident in his size and fighting skills that he didn't want to bother the Philistine army int a bloody fight, instead he felt a one-on-one duel should settle it. (I remember the battle between Hector and Achilles in Troy). Goliath must have scanned through the Israelite army on the other hill and saw that there was no one in the Israelite army who is as big as he is, that is, there was not a single giant in sight in the camp of the Hebrew children. So why not, he thought, I am the biggest guy around, let me play mind games here so we can easily defeat them. Then he started working on morale of the Israelite army for 40 days.

The most visible and stricking character of a giant is his confidence. Giants are full of it, they are so full of it that normal people tremble and fear in their presence. What give you your greatest confidence in life is knowing the size of your giant. Is you giant your wealth, degree, beauty, connections? These giants are not big enough to help you, they will easily fail just like Goliath did. The only reliable giant is Jesus. He never fails, no problem is too great or small before him. Every other giant stand defeated before him. Every other giant in this world combined are powerless before him. The bible says;

"greater is the giant within you than those in the world" ....I John 4:4 (paraphrased)

David had this giant within him and was "scaringly" full of confidence, imagine what he did;
"when Goliath started forward, David ran towards him" 1 Sam 17:48. What Confidence! A small boy with a stone running towards a giant with a sword! Well, you know how that story ended. The good new is that we can all face life with this sort of confidence and faith in Jesus the great giant within us. Have you got this giant? If not, do so right now before you come across a giant. May God continually bless you.