Overcoming Goliath

There are two kinds of people. The kind that run toward the battlefield and the ones who run away from the battlefield. Well, I guess there are those who are like deer in the headlights. They just get stop and get frozen in place. I remember one time we were in a church service and during the prayer time a very sweet woman began to yell loudly in a very strange voice as the pastor was praying. It was so strange that the congregation got up and moved toward the back of the sanctuary. They just removed themselves by about 30 feet from the altar. I looked around and there were just a couple of folks who had stepped toward the front to pray harder. These were the giant killers! They were not going to allow strange yelling to interfere with what God was doing at the altar. The giant had to be defeated. That morning there were no deer caught in the headlights. It was very much like the parting of the Red Sea with about eight rows of chairs between the two groups and no one in the middle. God did a marvelous work at the altar that morning. And I learned an important lesson. You either are a giant killer or you are not. There are certain characteristics to those who defeat the giants in their lives. One of those characteristics is that they RUN to the battle. Now in the natural, many would shrink back from confrontation, from the battle front, the battle lines so to speak but a giant killer looks in the direction of the fight and heads in that direction.
The biblical account of David who slew the giant Goliath gives us great insight.In every place where David is engaged in this story he is running toward the battlefield. 1 Samuel 17:22, 24, and 48 talk about David running and even running quickly to the frontlines.
Beloved friends, don't let the enemy get access in your life that is not challenged. Don't allow him access where he can curse and be defiant of God in your life. Don't step away from that fight, and don't get stuck like a deer in the headlights. Run quickly to defeat your foe that would challenge God in you. Don't let the sound of defiance defeat you!