Article October 21, 1991 Issue

Vanquishing our Goliaths

Even if a challenge seems huge, we have spiritual weapons at our disposal to overcome it.

Maria Isabel Camejo

Original in Spanish

One of the many appealing stories in the Bible is the one concerning David and Goliath. This story shows us the success we can obtain when we look to God as the giver and preserver of all good. When the giant Goliath, with all his appearance of power and grandeur, confronted the young David, David, with firm resolution and inviolable confidence in God, answered without fear, "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts." And he added, "And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's."

With this thought of absolute faith in the triumph of good, David "ran toward the army to meet the Philistine." He didn't fear, he didn't retreat irresolute, but rather very much to the contrary, he valiantly confronted his enemy and overcame him.

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