Apr. 27, 2025

Background:

• All of us have giants that we must fight but we do not always want to admit that we have them
  • Fear, discouragement, loneliness, worry, guilt, temptation, anger, resentment, doubt, procrastination, failure, sickness, and death are all giants
• We all struggle with some of these giants one way or another
• All have sinned and come short of the glory of God
• Our story is not about the giant but about God
• Too many times we focus on what we believe  and not focus on God

Key Sermon Points:

1. We cannot be fearful but courageous

• All the men of Israel were scared of this giant
• David saw this and asked what would be given to him if he slayed this giant
• David's older brother may have been jealous because he was not anointed by Saul or he realized that if David did not go that meant he had to go
• The promise of God's protection can keep us from fear (Genesis 15:1; Deuteronomy 31:6-8)
• Fear is always the enemy of faith
• Fear can lead to doubt, anxiety, and a lack of trust hindering faith's ability to flourish
• Fear and faith can not operate at the same time
• Fear will always have you think of what you would do but faith will let you do it
• We must have faith in God
• Faith is not seeing but walking blind and trusting God
• We can not be fearful but courageous (Joshua 1)

2. Remember your past victories with God

• David gave Saul his resume
• You can not judge a book by its cover
• David could face the fearful present because of what he remembered God brought him from
• When God delivers us we must never forget where he brought us from
• We never know the relationship God has with someone and where he has delivered them from
• Someone else can not tell our story only we can
• David's faith was like Joshua and Caleb's
• There is so much disbelief in what God can not do we must step up and talk about what God can do, our testimony is important
• Saul failed to consider that the Lord was with David by simply looking at his outward appearance
• We do not know what God is preparing us for right now, we only know it is a battle
• God renews and strengthens our confidence when we trust him

3. We cannot wear another person's armor

• We can not walk in another persons anointing
• God chose each of us to be used by him knowing our individual personalities or talents that he has for us
• God hand picks us to walk the Christian path he laid out for each of us
• God already has our life planned out (Jeremiah 29:11)

4. We need God's presence with us always

• David knew the task was important and he needed to travel light
• David had 5 smooth stones, his sling, and God
• Goliath had a shield, sword, and armor
• Goliath is man motivated while David was God motivated
• God was David's protector and all that he had
• David trusted God (2 Samuel 21)
• David goes to battle in the presence of the Lord
• Goliath asked David if he was a dog because of what he brought
• He was in fact a dog because he was outside of the family of God, he was not Jewish
• Before we prayed about it

5. We should never forget the battle is the Lord's

• When we go into battle we want to wow in our presence and preparation but we are just fight for ourselves
• David was not fighting for God in this battle, God was fighting for David
• We will never go to battle alone when we go with God
• Stop looking at your giants and start looking at God
• They majored in Goliath but David majored in God
• God is mightier than your problems
• God is your deliverer
• Stop focusing on your problems and focus on God
• The way to slay your giants it to focus on God not your opposition
• The battle belongs to the Lord and the victory belongs to God
• When we are grounded in faith we are ready to run towards our problems and not from them
• David was not a big man but was strong in the presence of the Lord
• Goliath's head was a trophy and let people know no giant anywhere can conquer God
• We will always be fighting these giants if we do not trust Him