Today was spent in the hospital and we got through it. Josiah crushed it and got all of his blood work done. As we were sitting in the waiting room, I re-read the story of David whooping Goliath.

Read it again and this time focus on David’s words.

44 “Come on,” said the Philistine. “I’ll make roadkill of you for the buzzards. I’ll turn you into a tasty morsel for the field mice.”

45-47 David answered, “You come at me with sword and spear and battle-ax. I come at you in the name of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel’s troops, whom you curse and mock. This very day God is handing you over to me. I’m about to kill you, cut off your head, and serve up your body and the bodies of your Philistine buddies to the crows and coyotes. The whole earth will know that there’s an extraordinary God in Israel. And everyone gathered here will learn that God doesn’t save by means of sword or spear. The battle belongs to God—he’s handing you to us on a platter!”

48-49 That roused the Philistine, and he started toward David. David took off from the front line, running toward the Philistine. David reached into his pocket for a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine hard in the forehead, embedding the stone deeply. The Philistine crashed, facedown in the dirt.

50 That’s how David beat the Philistine—with a sling and a stone. He hit him and killed him. No sword for David!

Did you catch David’s attitude? He was full on fight mode. He called out Goliath and didn’t hold anything back. What amazes me is nobody else would…not King Saul, not his counsel, not even the army generals.

“I’m about to kill you, cut off your head, and serve up your body and the bodies of your Philistine buddies to the crows and coyotes. The whole earth will know that there’s an extraordinary God in Israel.”

That’s confidence. That’s faith. That’s next level! That’s where I want to be. That’s where I have to be. Goliath represented fear, and David faced it when nobody else would.

God I want to have the faith of David for my family. I want to have the faith of David for our weekly outreach. I want to have the faith of David, period! I want to scream at my Goliath’s and remind them that God is on my side. That’s powerful faith.