WITNESS
9-9-13
SLAYING THE GIANTS IN YOUR LIFE
We ALL have giants
In our life
GIANTS or crosses if your prefer
GIANTS standing in the way
Of our worship
Crosses-something
Standing in between
Our love of God and our love of others
Standing in the way
Of our desire
To live a happy successful life
In the 17th chapter
of 1 Samuel
The author literally
Tells us the story
Of a young man-a boy perhaps
Stepping forward
And slaying the GIANT for Israel
A Philistine giant named Goliath
Calls out to the Israelites,
“Why do you come out
And line up for battle
Am I not a Philistine
And are you not
Servants of Saul
Choose a man
And have him come down to me
If he is able
To fight
And kill me
We will become your subjects
But if I overcome him and kill him
You will become our subjects and serve us” 1
Samuel 17:8-9
My friends
The giants of our life
Are calling us out
The giant of a chronic illness
The giant of financial problems
The giant of family relationships
Maybe even the giant
Of an addiction or two
David-the youngest of eight sons
Steps forward for the Israelites
And wins the fight
With a slingshot of all things
No one believed in the boy David
Least of all King Saul
But David said,
“The Lord who delivered me
From the paw of the lion
And the paw of the bear
Will deliver me
From the hand of this Philistine”
1 Samuel 17:37
And the Lord did
Deliver David
And he will deliver us
If we unite our lives with his
David went on
To become Israel ’s
greatest king
And went on
To write many of the psalms
A cross-our crosses
Are the GIANTS of our life
And by UNITING our lives with Christ
That is the pathway to our FREEDOM
“If anyone
Would come after me
He must deny himself
And take up his cross daily
And follow me”
Luke 9:23
Unite your life with Christ
Unite the problems of your life with Jesus
And your burdens will become LIGHTER
“For whoever wants to save his
life
Will lose it
And whoever loses his life for me
Will save it”
Luke 9:24
My friends
The way down
Is the way home
If the giants of your life
Are weighing you down
Let God and Christ
Help you back up
And like David and the
Israelites
We will live to RISE AGAIN
Robert P. Wallman
7-18-12
Ps WITNESS 9-9-13
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