Think big!

Today's scripture to ponder is found in I Samuel chapter 17. It is the well known story of how David slew Goliath.

Before David came on the scene Goliath had been torturing, teasing, terrifying and tormenting Saul and his Army. After all, Goliath was bigger, stronger, and seemingly tougher--right?

Isn't that just like the enemy? His very best weapon against you is a lie. You see the enemy is betting that like Saul you will buy into the hype, believe that you are already defeated and not do what David did. What did David do?

The scripture text reveals that when David arrived on the scene to deliver the food and supplies he was confused by what he saw. He saw men of the most high God cowering before another man. At that moment, even as a young man, David remembered what he had been able to do with the help of God. His heart raced as the memories of how God had strengthened his hand to be able to defeat the lion and the bear returned to his heart. He looked over the Army and began to encourage them by asking who was this uncircumcised Philistine? In other words don't you know who you are! Don't you know who we serve! We belong to the Most High GOD! Has anyone asked Him what to do? David didn't know what to do, but he absolutely knew that God's people were not going to be defeated. David was a big thinker! His big thought were the memories of what God had already done.

All too often in our lives we allow our problems and our circumstances to have a Goliath impact and we cannot remember how God has taken care of us in the past; how He has strengthened our hands so that we could defeat the lions and the bears in our lives. This lesson about David and Goliath is about how God works through natural law to give us the power and the authority to do all things through Him. This is why David was such an excellent warrior. He learned to trust God and to seek Him first then to execute the Word of God.

Today seek God, listen, execute. God is larger than the Goliath in your life so think big in your memorial to what God has already done for you. It's okay. I have always been told that I was an idealist full of unrealistic thinking. You know what I say to that? There is nothing to hard for God! I must think larger than where I currently am. You see God has strengthened my hand! He's done so much for me that I know what He is capable of doing. I just trust that God is going to move me to where I want to be. I can see past Goliath to a God who has the cattle on a thousand hills and who has the thousand hills and who has the earth the thousand hills rest upon and who owns the solar system the earth is a part of and who created the universe the solar system is in and the many universes that exist; my God! God is big so why shouldn't I think BIG! He's bigger than your circumstance! He's bigger than your financial burden--it will not depress you. He's bigger than your family matters; they will not crush you. He's bigger than your illness--it will not defeat you. He's bigger than the devil--the devil can't have you. God is bigger than your worries and your doubts and your inadequacies and your insecurities. He is the lifter of your head. When you know that He meant it for your good then you can think BIG.