Goliath was a well-trained, killing machine. David was a teen-age shepherd boy on his father's farm just outside Bethlehem. Goliath was mean, aggressive and powerful. David was gentle, reserved and quiet. The odds were all in Goliath's corner and the possibilities of success for David were pretty slim.

And so it was, in the floor of the valley two warriors met face to face, one a warrior of all that is wrong in the world and one a warrior of all that is right. One came to the battle with a spear, a javelin and a sword, the other with a sling shot, five smooth stones and God. The Philistines were confident that their champion would have it wrapped up in a few moments. The Israelites were sort of numb, not really knowing what to do with all the commotion.

When it was all over the giant of a man, Goliath, lay headless on the floor of the valley. David stood boldly in the posture of victory. The Philistines were running for their lives and the Israelites were re-energized with courage, confidence and belief.

A young teenage boy wrote a chapter in history that day which would never be erased. He revealed to a watching world that God is present, at work and in charge. To everybody who looked on that day it was fairly evident that it was little David verses huge Goliath. But everybody who looked on that day was wrong. Reality is not as it often appears to be and the fact of the matter is, it was not Goliath verse David at all. That was just the appearance. The fact was that it was Goliath verses God. Maybe that's why at a crucial moment in the hostile conversation between Goliath and David that David slipped in a little profound truth that shatters our fears and questions and inabilities and weaknesses, and reminds us of one overwhelming, unchanging, life-transforming, situation- revolutionizing fact of life -- THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S!

I wonder what God could do in our lives if we, His children, really operated on the premise that we are not alone but that He is profoundly present with such authority that the only accurate way to explain the battles, the confrontations with the enemy, the assaults of the thief from hell, the harassing of the evil one is to say THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S. Wouldn't it change us just a bit if we knew that today was ultimately and finally in His hands and that everything destructive, seeking our demise comes not against us but against HIM? I wonder! I have to admit the thought energizes me. I wonder what Goliath would say about it, or David's brothers or selected members of the Philistine army. Actually, it doesn't matter what anybody else says about it, I suppose. It all comes down to what you and I say about it?

Wouldn't it be great to wake up tomorrow morning or to go to sleep tonight knowing that THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S? Doesn't that have a great ring about it? What Goliath do you face today? It's not your fight. It really isn't. It's God's. Let Him have it. Take your little resources and let them get lost in the immensity of God. Then come to floor of the valley and watch Goliath’s demise.