Just came back from work. Had a fruitful time tending the shop and reading books. Today I finally had the time to read the book i wanted to read all along - Facing your giants by Max Lucado. 20 pages into the book makes me want to buy it already, its that great. The book talks about how we should face the Goliath in our lives like how King David faced his. It is interestingly written in a way that teaches us how to fight the giants of our lives from the story of Kind David. According to the book, the matter of fact is this - Focus on Giants and you stumble, Focus on God and your giants tumble. How true is that.. When King David fought Goliath, he cldnt care less about how strong, powerful and mascular Goliath was. He focused on God, he knew his strength comes from God alone and no matter how mascular and powerful the Goliath was, he believed God is stronger. No wonder God calls David the 'Man after God's own heart', the 1st and the last man to be given that title by God himself. Paul was called 'apostle' by God, John was the 'beloved'. Not even Moses, Abraham and Joshua was described as a man after God's own heart. That is how highly God regarded David. For ur info: David was short and skinny, probably not taller than 170cm and weighing less than 60kg. But Goliath was described as a giant of man, standing at 9 feet (270cm) and his full body armour and sheilds weighed a staggering 125 pounds( 60kg)! He is at least a head taller than Yao Ming and probably the world's strongest man. So whats Daivd's odds u wonder... David was quietly confident even with odds stacked firmly against him. He had such strong faith.
As you know, David owned the Goliath. Thats what i intend to do to the goliath in my life too. Any thing that attepmts to discoonect me from God can be considered a potential Goliath. it gotta go...
