Lions, Bears, and Goliaths

"David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him." Saul replied, "You are not able to go out against this Philistine; you are only a boy, and he has been a fighting man from his youth." But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumsized Philistine will be like one of them , because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." (I. Samuel 17:32-37)

David spoke these words to Saul after days of Goliath's threats to Israel. Because of David's youth Saul didn't believe he had the power or ability to stand up to Goliath. What Saul failed to realize is that this wasn't David's "first rodeo". You see God had been preparing David for this moment for a long time. He had been preparing him through battle's with lions and bears. David had spent a many of "lonely" nights with sheep in a field praying to God and worshiping Him when no one else was around. He was ready for this test because he had already been through the training!

When we are faced with the Goliath's in our lives we should be prepared and ready to fight. Why? Because we have been preparing for that very moment. We have spent hours in our prayer closest. We have sacrificed many of meals in fasting to the Lord. We have spent energy and heart worshiping God even when it hurt. We are more than prepared for the Goliath that stands in our paths!

So is the same for us.