Goliath walked out toward David with  his shield bearer ahead of him, sneering in contempt of this ruddy-faced boy. “Am I a dog, that you would come at me with a stick?” And he CURSED David by the names of his gods. “Come over here, and I will give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.

David SPOKE to the Philistine “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies-the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel! And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give you to us!” (1 Samuel 17:41-47, NLT).

You are facing big mountains right now. They are relational, spiritual, mental, financial, and physical. They are scary, they keep you up at night with worry and they make you anxious during the day. They are intimidating, they make you afraid and they relentlessly taunt you. They are speaking to you and it’s time that you spoke back.

The story of David and Goliath can be found in the book of 1 Samuel chapter 17. It is a true, biblical account that offers hope for us all in the shadows of the mountains that we face. David was just a young shepherd boy and Goliath was a seasoned warrior of over 9 feet tall. He was a mountain of a man. On paper this fight was over before it started. For 40 days, every morning and evening Goliath stood before the army of Israel hurling his insults and taunts and not one of the seasoned fighters from the Israelite army had the courage to go and face him.

Until one day…

David spoke to the mountain. If you to back and read the account at the beginning of this blog again it will give you goosebumps. David was saying, “Who do you think you are? Let me tell you what’s going to happen here!” David was not about to let this mountain get the best of him. Mountains will speak to you, they will taunt you, make fun of you and spit in your face. Sadly, like the Israelite army, we just stand there and take it. We are paralyzed by fear. We seem content in defeat. David acknowledged the mighty weapons that Goliath possessed but he also knew that his God was bigger than anything that mountain could throw at him.

When David offered to go and face Goliath it was King Saul who initially tried to stop him and for good reason. David informed King Saul, “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats. When a lion or a bear comes to steal the lamb from the flock, I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death. I have done this to both LIONS and BEARS, ad I’ll do it to this pagan Phillistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Phillistine!” (1 Samuel 17:34-37, NLT).

David had been there before and so have you. This is what gives us the confidence to speak to the mountain in front of us because of what the Lord has already done to the previous mountains that have stood before us.

Speak to the mountain of debt! Speak to the mountain of the bad doctors report! Speak to the mountain of fear, doubt, worry! Speak to the mountain of hopelessness! Speak to the mountain of not good enough! Speak to the mountain of past reminders! Speak to your mountain!

Let me leave you with the following song lyrics…