How Small

Have you ever done something that you never thought you would be able to do? I mean, have you ever accomplished a feat, exceeded a goal, that you had set that you never thought you could actually attain. Or, have you ever overcome something that seemed so difficult, so devastating, so undoable that even now you are amazed you survived it?

I think we have all had challenges in our lives that, when we look back, we are amazed at how we came through them. Unscathed? No. Unchanged? No. Better for it? Yes. Grown from it? Yes. We never get stronger if we are never challenged, if we never have to put forth more than mediocre effort.

Today's word is just something I came across that reminds me that, with GOD, we can do anything: "Sometimes GOD will put a Goliath in your life, for you to find the David within you."

We will have our times of trials and struggles; that is just the way life is in this world. It is what we do about those challenges, how we handle those difficulties, what we learn from those struggles, how we apply those lessons in our lives and the lives of others, that is the real goal. If we sit down and do nothing every time things get difficult, we will never grow - and NOTHING will ever get done.

All we have to do is remember how GOD used David, a young, small, shepherd boy to defeat a GIANT. Of course, it had nothing to do with David's physical strength, but it did have to do with David's spiritual strength and his faith that GOD had it under control. When the challenges come, don't look at how big the challenge is; look at how small it is compared to GOD.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T