Wednesday, December 11, 2019

JOHN Good Morning! I’m John Branning the Lead Pastor of Central United Methodist Church. One of the greatest stories of the Bible is David and Goliath. It's such a good story, in fact, that the world has come to make common use of it! A prime example of this is when the underdog faces an invincible champion in just about any sport on national television, commentators always seem to make mention of David and Goliath. Imagine the scene at the time of David. The children of Israel were small compared to the Philistines and here they are faced with this enormously frightening giant, Goliath, champion of the Philistines. All the Israelites shook in their sandals, saying Goliath's too big for us to hit! All but one–young, little David. Instead of fearing Goliath's enormity, David saw his size to be an advantage! He said, on the contrary—Goliath is too big to miss! It all depends on our point of view—the way we see our circumstances. We can either walk in doubt, asking "Can God do this thing?" or walk in faith, proclaiming "God surely will!"