Tiny Stone

There is a story in a book, That took place long ago
It’s a story about a boy, And a stone he had to throw


It seems there were two armies And their leaders squared to fight
But one was so big and strong The others filled with fright


The big one was so strong and fierce He taunted all the rest
But then there came a boy with faith To meet this mighty test

This faithful boy stepped forth alone And with his meager groan
He whirled his slingshot over head And loosed his tiny stone


The boy had faith that God would help And with the stone he threw
The giants day had ended And his army beaten too.

There are so many things we learn from David and his stone
Through him we learn that we can win although we seem alone


And when we are on the side of right the Lord will see us through
When we face our giants with faith and courage too.

I have faced allot of giants in my life and some of them defeated me because I did not have the faith or courage to battle them. Which by the way, is the tiny stone. The bible talks about "the faith of a mustard seed...." Now that's tiny. I still face giants every day that I am struggling with. But I know that I am not facing them alone. The Lord says, "fear not for I am with you always". And although there are days I don't "feel" his presence, my faith tells me He's here. I use to get caught up in the lies of feelings but I understand it is not about feelings. It is about faith. Believing in the things you cant see.

As I was driving home from a job late one night I was reminded of David and how he slayed a Giant of a man, 9 feet tall, that everyone else was afraid of. I have learned allot and just want to share a few of my own thoughts with you.

1. Don't believe what people say about you, believe what God says about you
I admire David's courage, he believed that with God's help, he could slay Goliath, but his brother Eliab accused him of presumption and having an evil heart. (1 Sam17:28) Eliab had a jealous heart toward Dave. He tried to make Dave feel small and worthless. I have always believed those type of people are so insecure about themselves that to tear someone down made them feel big. It don't. I know people like this. But Dave was a smart man, he "turned away from Eliab" (1 Sam17:30) He forgave them. I wish I could remember that lesson. "walk away its not worth it" I tell myself that but I don't always act on it.
It's hard when people you love hurt you, but David is teaching me to keep my heart pure of hatred, strife, offence, bitterness, resentment, and unforgiveness. He walked away...keeping his focus (eyes) on God.

As I was reading this story, i could see Satan working in Eli, trying to bring Dave down, make him feel worthless, rejected, unacceptable. God fills our heart with faith and Satan tries to make us fear our abilities. He's to young, you don't have the right armor, He's allot bigger. But God uses the weak and rejected to show himself strong so no one can take the credit that is due him alone. (1Corinthians 1:26-29)

2.When God prompts you to do something, just do it!
When David looked at the giant, he "ran quickly toward the battle line" (1 Sam 17:48).
I think he knew that if he thought about Goliath too long, he might run away. He took action and obeyed God immediately, and I need to always do the same. When God prompts me to do something, run to do it. His grace will be present to help me.

3. You don't have to have abilities, just be available.
David had a slingshot and a stone. "no sword was in David's hand."(1 Sam17:50) He didn't come in to battle with this giant armed with high power guns a blazing..he had a string and a rock. Where everyone else seen a big problem, David seen it from God's view, not big at all. He wasn't the strongest, tallest, or the fastest, he wasn't the best choice according to the rest of guys standing around but David was available. He made himself available to God so to be used.
I want to be available, not to care what people think, or say about it. Just be used in any way God sees fit. I can already see so many opportunities He has put in my path through our church. I only have a short time left, and I want to fulfill my purpose while I have the time. I have wasted too many years. I know whatever He ask of me, he will provide the skills.

4. When you face your giant don't just confront it, cut it's head off.
Can you imagine what Goliath thought when he seen David? " I'm going to squash him like a grape." And then all of a sudden, "he took out a sling and a stone and slung it and it struck the giants head sticking into his forehead and he feel face down on the earth and David then drew his sword and cut off his head." (1 Sam17:49b, 51) Now that's the way to defeat a problem,
Head on...apply directly to the forehead..head on. I don't know why that commercial came to mind sorry...
A friend has been saying this for the past few weeks
"thinks are never as good or as bad as they seem, but most likely somewhere in between."
And i have to agree, we will always see our problems larger than they really are. But God sees them as a grain of sand. If I start looking at thinks from God's view, they don't seem to be as big as they seem. This is where we have to lean on him and trust him, because with him we can cut it's head off.

Well, my husband just got up to check on me, it's 4:35 am and I need to try to get a couple of hours before work. Hope this makes sense to anyone reading it. commit if you will please.

Moral of this Blog: Giants only get bigger if we fed them. Stop worrying that is it's food.