David relied on God’s protection and God’s, I might add, God’s providence. Saul said put my stuff on. By the way, by putting someone else’s gear one identified you with that person. “Put my stuff on David! Show Israel where you got what you got…if you win." David said, "it doesn’t fit." The only one who’s going to get the glory is God. David knew the giant was an abomination in God’s eyes, he knew it had to die, his obedience to God demanded that he killed it, and he attacked it with full confidence, and like the bear and the lion, he knew that God would give him this victory.

That’s faith. That’s the secret to unleashing the power of God in you. The book of Romans tells us that we are to use our spiritual gifts, that is the power of God in us, in proportion to our faith in him. You attack a problem worried, the opposite of faith, you’re not pleasing God (Heb. 11:6), and—you attack it without the Spirit. You attack it with full confidence in God—get back.

What happens when you refuse to walk in the ways of man? What happens when you apply the principles that David applied? Does you giant die? As you know, in this case, the giant falls. Eventually, all of them will. But I think that is irrelevant. You see, acting on faith means that you do what He demands regardless of the outcome.

It means saying that I don’t care if you throw me into the furnace, God will save me, O king; but even if he doesn’t, O king, know this: I will never bow down to a pathetic giant that is evil in God’s eyes. You got a giant in your midst that is evil in God’s eyes? Debt? Porno? Drugs? Hatred? As long as it lives, you’re a slave!