Goliath

In church the other Sunday we sang a song called “Same God” and one set of lyrics stuck out to me.

The lyrics go “I may not face Goliath but I’ll face my own giants”

I have made a goal for myself to read all the Veggie Tale bible stories. I have come to realize there are some parts I didn’t know because I never stopped to read them and just went with Veggie Tales

Don’t get me wrong Veggie Tales is amazing and my kids love it. But sometimes there is so much more to the story than what I can learn from a talking Cucumber and Tomato!

I reading here is some things I learned

Here is some facts just about Goliath himself

1) Goliath was about 9 feet tall

2) Goliaths battle coat itself weighed about 121 pounds

3) The head of Goliaths spear weighed about 14.5 pounds

4) Goliath was estimated to be in his 30s or 40s

5) Goliath was believed to have had a brother and 3 sons who were also of big stature

Now can you imagine being David, David was estimated to be a pre teen. With no armor and only a stone and sling

Now we all know how the story ends and how David’s faith in God prevailed

But can you imagine that?

What if everything we faced day to day was 9 feet tall?

Luckily we aren’t fighting 9 feet tall grown men every day

But a lot of us face battles every day, some that we don’t even tell anyone.

If God can kill a man though a middle school boy and a stone, just imagine what he can do if we ask him to help us fight our battles!

I am guilty of fighting battles in silence, there are things i fight and manage every day that I don’t tell anyone, but God knows, He is right there on the battle field with me.

I am so glad he is, sometimes the battles can seem like a 9 foot tall grown man, but God helps manage them, scare them off, and even is the power behind the stone.

If you want to read David and Goliath for yourself the Reference is

1 Samuel 17

Or watch the veggie tales! It’s a good one 😉