With courage we will defeat Goliath.

Let us remember that in every battle God is there to help us and give us enough strength to take the next step with total courage and win in the name of Jesus.

41 Now the Philistine came and approached David, and his armor-bearer before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him; for he was a youth, and ruddy, and handsome in appearance. 43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And he cursed David by his gods. 44 Then the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with sword, and spear, and javelin; but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 The LORD will deliver you into my hand today, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the carcasses of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth. Then all the earth will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this congregation will know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will deliver you into our hands.
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose and set out to meet David, that David hurried and ran to the line of battle against the Philistine. 49 Then David put his hand into his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone stuck in his forehead, and he fell face downwards to the ground.

1 Samuel 17:41-49

In this chapter we can read the complete sequence of the story when David's battle against Goliath had taken place, this was more than a battle between David and Goliath, it was a battle between Israel and the Philistines. David was defending the name of Jehovah against the Philistines who were lurking and to demonstrate the power of God to those who doubted. Here the key point is as David mentioned, there was only one way that a young boy without experience in battle could simply defeat a giant warrior experienced in battles like Goliath with a sling and a stone, the only way was by the hand of the Lord, exactly in this same way it had happened.

David faced Goliath and it does not mean that David was the bravest among all the people, David showed faith and trust in God, the courage to trust in the power of God, we see that David was outraged by Goliath's provocation to God's squad.

26 Then David spoke to those standing by him, saying, "What will be done to the man who slays this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

1 Samuel 17:26

This encouraged David since no one dared to take the step to reverse Goliath's accusation, he himself offered to defend the name of God, he was the only one who took courage and bravery (Trusting in God) to face the giant at that moment.

This can also happen in our lives, there are situations that challenge us to respond, to stand up for the Lord, in those moments we have options such as letting ourselves be overshadowed by our fears or simply facing the situation confident that God is the powerful giant who goes before us and who helps us to win just as he helped David against a giant.

We do not literally need stones to throw and knock down our fears, spiritual situations in which we physically cannot cope, our smooth stones, that will give us victory if we give a precise blow are the word of God. We are equipped with many stones, the word of God in our mind and our heart, the strength, power idea of the Holy Spirit to throw it at the right time will give us victory no matter how complicated the situation, the battle is the Lord and he will give us the victory. Do you believe it?