1 Samuel 17:1-58 Anyone who knows anything about the ... - Kairos

Now as the voice of the Georgia Bulldogs, Larry Munson, would say, "Now
get the picture." A giant is facing the entire army of Israel. He is 9' 6" tall.
He would make Shack look like a midget. He wore a bronze tee-shirt that
weighed 175 pounds. He carried his spear - the head of which weighed 25
pounds. In short, he would make The Hulk look like a punk. When this
human tank grumbled to the valley he turned the army of Israel into a track
team whose specialty was running backwards. "When all the men of Israel
saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid". (I Samuel 17:24,
NASB)
What Goliath did was a common occurrence in warfare in the eastern
world, because oftentimes the armies would choose representatives to go
one-on-one and whoever won the one-on-one contest would give victory to
the entire army. Goliath issues this challenge every morning and every
evening for forty days. That is the way it is with giants in our lives. They
don't come just once and leave; they meet you in the morning when you get
up and they go to bed with you every night. If you don't confront them and
conquer them they will make your life miserable.
Every time Goliath would issue the challenge, Israel's battle line would
begin to move - backwards at warp speed. Every day these soldiers were
getting great aerobic exercise, but they weren't fighting anybody.
It reminds me of a little boy that was playing in the garage during the
holidays and he heard his dad telling his uncle about a recent argument
that he had with his wife. He said, "Uncle John, I let her know exactly
where I stood and I told her how it was going to be around here and the
next thing I know she was crawling toward me on her hands and knees."
The little boy piped up and said, "Daddy, is that when Mommy told you to
get out from underneath the bed and fight like a man?
For forty days, not a man could be found. The king wouldn't fight. The
generals wouldn't fight. The commanders wouldn't fight. The soldiers
wouldn't fight. They were all paralyzed by fear.
Then a nineteen year old shepherd boy literally steps up for the fight. "Then
David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, 'What will be
done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from
Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the
armies of the living God?' The people answered him in accord with this
word, saying, 'Thus it will be done for the man who kills him.'" (I Samuel
17:26-27, NASB)
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