Today is Monday, March 5th, 2007; Karen's Korner #1011

One more quote from Max Lucado's book, "Facing Your Giants". It is from the last chapter titled "Take Goliath Down!".
 
Lucado states that it wasn't just David who faced the giant, Goliath; we all do and have them in our lives daily:
 
"...he breathes down your neck as you eat your breakfast, whispers in your ear as you walk out the door, shadows your steps, and sticks to your hip. He checks your calendar, reads your mail, and talks more trash than players in an inner-city basketball league.
 
"'You ain't got what it takes.'
 
"'You come from a long line of losers.'
 
"'Fold you cards and leave the table. You've been dealt a bad hand.'
 
"He's your giant, your Goliath. Given half a chance, he'll turn your day into his Vally of Elah, taunting, teasing, boasting, and echoing claims from one hillside to the other. Remember how Goliath misbehaved? 'For forty days, twice a day, morning and evening, the Philistine giant strutted in front of the Israelite army. (I Samuel 17:16)'
 
"Goliath still roams our world. Debt. Disaster. Dialysis. Danger. Deceit. Disease. Depression. Super-size challenges still swagger and strut, still pilfer sleep and embezzle peace and liposuction joy. But they can't dominate you. You know how to deal with them You face giants by facing God first.
 
"Focus on giants -- you stumble.
"Focus on God--your giants tumble."
 
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