Paralyzed by fear

The dramatic encounter between David and Goliath is a familiar, though often misunderstood, story. This story's central message is not a call to imitate David's heroic behavior. Rather, it's a story about how God uses weakness to triumph over strength, just as Christ Himself, our ultimate champion, defeated death at the cross. The message of the story of David and Goliath is not that we are called to be like David but rather that we have in Jesus, the Greater David, a King who triumphs in the valley of battle.