• David had confidence that he could defeat giants like Goliath because he had experience taking on lions and bears. The lesson we need to learn is that we need to work with God to defeat the little giants before we take on the Goliaths we may be confronted with.

1 Samuel 17:32–36 (ESV) — 32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.” 34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. 36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

• Many are just waiting around.
• They are not using their faith against the small stuff of life.
• David didn’t do this.
• The confidence that he needed to boldly declare to the King that he could take this huge enemy on came from many experiences of taking on much smaller giants.
• David slew the lions and the bears and that’s he knew Goliath was toast.

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Taken while visiting the Oklahoma City Zoo. For more of our travels check out our Instagram account.© 2017 Emery Horvath

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