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The lesson in bible study last night was about David and his run in with Goliath. It was an awesome teaching by my sister and as I reflected on it, I kept coming back to those giants. I thought about the giants that loom high nowadays – debt, grief, cancer, anger, marital issues. You name it, the enemy tries to blow it up so much that it blocks out the Son. That was poetic, right? But seriously, the enemy takes things that you can overcome and makes them look impossible to defeat. Isn’t that what happened with Goliath? He came out before the Israelites every day for 40 days and talked just long enough to keep them in bondage to their fear of him. I kept hearing it over and over in my head – giants, giants, giants! It seemed endless. But after this had gone on for a little while, God said one line that shut the whole party down! Ready for it? I’m bigger. He said it just like that…matter of factly. It was actually pretty funny, almost like God dropped the mic and walked off the stage. I loved it! So I want to say this to you today, whatever you are facing, whether it is foreclosure or unemployment, grief or heartache, fear or worry, God is bigger than all of it. He is the great I AM! Then just to make His point, He began to remind me of His word.

Am I a God who is only close at hand?” says the Lord. “No, I am far away at the same time.  Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the Lord. (Jeremiah 23: 23-24)

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. (1 John 4: 9-11)

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8: 38&39)

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)

Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
 and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2: 9&10)

Are you getting the picture? Giants are going to come against you and they are going to have a whole lot to say. But at the end of the day, they can’t win. Every name is subject to the name of Jesus and no matter what the enemy tries to do, he can’t get around that. God is near and far at the same time and well able to fight your battles for you. He loves you and therefore, He will do what is necessary to protect you. He is Jehovah Nissi, the God who waves the banner of victory. Can the Goliaths that you face, stand under the power of that waving banner? Nope! So let’s stop playing with the devil and calling him champion when the great strategist, warrior, and victor has already assured your win! Stand up, Giant Killer! You’ve got this! Don’t just stun those giants with halfway prayers and fading faith! No, stand up strong and tall, pull your stones and aim high! When it falls, make sure you chop its head off so that when the other giants see it,  they recognize that they won’t have a chance either. **drops the mic**

 Amen