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Mighty
Winn Collier
[Goliath] looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy.�1 Samuel 17:42
1 Samuel 17:32, 41�47
Genesis 39�40; Matthew 11
Baby Saybie, born as a �micro-preemie� at 23 weeks, weighed only 8.6 ounces. Doctors doubted Saybie would live and told her parents they�d likely have only an hour with their daughter. However, Saybie kept fighting. A pink card near her crib declared �Tiny but Mighty.� After five months in the hospital, Saybie miraculously went home as a healthy five-pound baby. And she took a world record with her: the world�s tiniest surviving baby.
It�s powerful to hear stories of those who beat the odds. The Bible tells one of these stories. David, a shepherd boy, volunteered to fight Goliath�a mammoth warrior who defamed God and threatened Israel. King Saul thought David was ridiculous: �You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth� (1 Samuel 17:33). And when the boy David stepped onto the battlefield, Goliath �looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy� (v. 42). However, David didn�t step into battle alone. He came �in the name of the�Lord�Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel� (v. 45). And when the day was done, a victorious David stood above a dead Goliath.
No matter how enormous the problem, when God is with us there�s nothing that we need to fear. With His strength, we�re also mighty.
When do you feel small and insignificant? How can you see God present with you and strengthening you despite insurmountable odds?
God, I feel tiny today. Left to myself, there�s no way forward. But I trust You to be with me and guide me. I�m trusting in Your strength. �
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