OWEN
Good morning! I am Owen Weddle, Associate Pastor at Central!
Most of us are familiar with the story of David and Goliath; how a towering warrior is defeated by a mere boy. It can remind us of the value of courage. But we can easily overlook David doing the seemingly impossible: defeating a great warrior with just a slingshot. In the end, David didn't win, because he had the better weapons or was the best warrior; his efforts weren't enough to win the day. He won, because it was God's will.
How often do we want to see people treat us better? But when we don't get what we want, we don't let God change things; we try to do it ourselves. We wield anger and manipulate to get what we want. We are trained to think that is the right way to get things done. But that is more Goliath than David. Anger and manipulation anytime something doesn't go our way is to not trust God. To trust God means even when what we want doesn't immediately happen, we treat someone with sincere kindness and will let God change what is needed. And we let God turn our meekness into strength.
May God bless you!
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