    When the world thinks of strength, it thinks of Goliath’s kind of strength. The world wants a powerful champion, an unconquerable hero. The world wants the undeniable force of knowing it cannot lose because it is just too strong. God has a different view. God does not look for Goliath strength. God does not care about prowess or skill. Instead, God looks for what is in the heart. In the heart, God finds what He really seeks in those who look faithfully to Him as their strength and their shield.
    It is this difference that we see in the story of David and Goliath. Goliath was the world’s hero. David was the Lord’s anointed. In the outcome of the battle between those two, we see an analogy of our own salvation. To save ourselves, we would look to a warrior, a conquering king to overthrow the enemies of God. Instead, God chose His Son to be born as a man and die a criminal’s death.
    And look at the end. The world’s way ended up with Goliath dead on a battlefield, his head cut off by a shepherd. God’s way ended up with that shepherd victorious over the enemies of Israel. The world’s way with sin condemns us surely to hell. God’s way grants us the free gift of salvation through the blood of His dead and risen Son. Because of that, we place our faith in God’s way, the way that gets us to Heaven.
DLH
