David and Goliath: Lesson Eight

Don't wait for the giant to come to you.

Goliath looked at David and disdained him, because he was only a youth.

1 Samuel 17:42 (KJV): And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

When Goliath came near, David hurried and ran toward him.

1 Samuel 17:48 (KJV): And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

God did not give us a spirit of fear.

2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV): For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

God uses the weak things of this world to confound the mighty.

1 Corinthians 1:27 (KJV): But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;