Everyone has moments of doubt, of discouragement, of frustration, even the most successful and seemingly strong. One thing we can do to encourage ourselves is to remind us of our past victories. For this reason we need to keep our trophy. Every time you look at the sword of the giant, you'll remember the victory. How do we practically do this? A very simple way is to write our story down. Or put it on a paper and put it on your wall, or on your desk.
How did David do it? He kept the sword of the giant and brought the head to Jerusalem. So he would always be remembered about this victory. He put the weapons very close to him as a remembrance!
1.Samuel 17:54 David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s …show more content…
Sam 17. They should have remembered Num 13:??-33, where they also were afraid of the giants.
What can we learn from pastors and preachers of the past? What were their greatest victories? What were things they did well? What were things that didn’t go well?
17: You might face MORE giants
David and his men had to fight more giants in the future, which they all killed. They wouldn't have killed them, if David hadn't have killed the first one. These incidents with the other giants are written down in 2 Samuel 21-22.In life, if one person is able to do one thing, like breaking a world record, it sets a new bar. Some marks have been thought to be unbeatable, but when the first mark is taking down, other people find the courage and the hope to beat it again. This is the same with taking down giants. Maybe you are the first, to deal with it, and having a Godly solution.
I like the phrase in 2Sa 21:16 the giant thought that he could kill David. Always remember you are bigger than the giant. In 2Sa 21:22, we read about 4 more giants, which many Bible scholars think could be Goliath's brothers, possibly the reason David had 5 stones with him, when he fought