Goliath loomed like a dark storm on the horizon—a giant in flesh and fury.
His armor clanged, his voice thundered, and every step shook the ground.
1 Samuel 17 gives a grim description of this beast-like villain:
“And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron.”
Goliath was an imposing figure. Something out of mythology.
Even King Saul, charismatic and towering himself, trembled at the mere thought of facing such a beast.
Then came David—a humble shepherd boy from Bethlehem with nothing more than a sling and a few smooth stones.
No grand armor. No battle cry. Just faith and a simple heart.
David stepped up. He didn't see the odds; he saw an opportunity for truth. With one well-aimed shot, the giant fell.
Many think this story is about the underdog beating the odds, but that’s a shallow view of it.
Goliath isn’t just a giant—he’s a symbol of our sin. Sin looms large and deadly, an imposing enemy that seems impossible to overcome.
We aren’t David, and our problems aren’t Goliath.
But Jesus is David, and He has already taken down the biggest giant of all—sin.
