Fight The Giant

And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of thePhilistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand and you shall drive them out before you. 
‍- Exodus 23:31

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The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them. 
- 1 Samuel 17:3

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Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me. If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.” Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy the armies ofIsrael! Give me a man and let us fight each other.” On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified. 
- 1 Samuel 17:8-11

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Go to the Fight

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David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for theman who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who isthis uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the livingGod?” 
- 1 Samuel 17:26

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Those who wait for perfect weather will never plant seeds; those who look at every cloud will never harvest crops. You don’t know where the wind will blow, and you don’t know howa baby grows inside the mother. In the same way, you don’t know what God isdoing, or how he created everything. 
-Ecclesiastes 11:4-6

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Ignore the Haters

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When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whomdid you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you areand how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against thisPhilistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.” 
- 1 Samuel 17:28,33

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Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David. He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him. He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birdsand the wild animals!” 
- 1 Samuel 17:41-44

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The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit ofGod, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them becausethey are spiritually discerned. 
- 1 Corinthians 2:14

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Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 
- Psalm 1:1-2

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Avoid Worldly Armor 
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Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him anda bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walkingaround, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said toSaul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off. 
‍- 1 Samuel 17:38-39

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Never Underestimate the Name of God 
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David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God ofthe armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. 
- 1 Samuel 17:45-46

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Take on the Challenge 

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As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward thebattle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it andstruck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and hefell facedown on the ground. 
- 1 Samuel 17:48-49

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For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love andself-control. 
- 2 Timothy 1:6-7