In Verse 26 of 1 Samuel 17, David a teenager at that time asked "What will a man get for Killing this philistine and ending his insults to Israel?" "Who is this Philistine, anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?" David saw Goliath from a perspective that he was just a mortal and not a giant to be afraid of.
What a diffrenece perspective can make. Saul saw only a giant and a young teenage boy. David however , saw a mortal man defying almighty God. He knew he would not be alone when he faced Goliath; God would fight with him. He looked at the situation from God's point of view. Viewing impossible situations from God's point of view helps us to put giant problems in perspective.
Whatever maybe your problem, your mountain or obstacles, are you looking at it from the impossible perspective? I encourage you to look at your life problems from God's point of view, have a positive perspective that God is always with you and that the mountains in your life can be defeated and brought to flat landscape.
Criticism couldn't stop David. While the rest of the army stood around, he knew the importance of taking action-with God to fight for him there was no reason to wait. People may try to discourage you with negative comments or mockery, but you must continue to do what you know is right. By doing what is right, you will be pleasing God, Whose opinion matters most.
- When you follow Jesus, you will go places you could never go. When you listen to Jesus, you will hear things you could never hear.
- The world wants you to be the kind of Christian that is quiet and non-threatening.
- Promotion does not come from man, it comes from God. If you do not get a promotion by honoring God, you will never enjoy it.
- We must make a decision not to fear man and only to fear God.
