There are different oppositions we are faced with in this life and like David, who confronted and took out Goliath, we are meant to destroy our giants as well.
Yet, because of fear and unbelief the majority of believers find themselves tolerating what God means for them to take down.
If you are wondering what giants you have been faced with, then identify what you often struggle with and why. That identified persistent struggle is your giant.
However, where we fall short in overcoming these giants in our personal lives, will be the very things that God will call us out to wage war against.
He does this for a few reasons.
God wants us to learn how to overcome in Him. He wants us to see where we are weak in order for us to step aside and allow Him to become our strength in that area. He desires us to learn how to fully depend on Him and not ourselves.
People who tend to tolerate what God longs for them to conquer walk in fear, refuse to understand their true identity and have not yet grasped what they are capable of with the Lord.
It’s an issue of unbelief, doubt and lack of courage.
In the book of Revelation, Jesus rebukes the church in Thyatira for their toleration of Jezebel. And because there is either a fear of confrontation or of what others will think, this church had not yet overcame their giant to slay. To tolerate something is to allow the existence and acceptance of something you do not really like or agree with.
Fear of confronting our giants is us giving permission to them to reign over and defeat us. David did not fear Goliath, though all of Israel did. Israel’s fear gave Goliath and the Philistines the upper hand. So God had to search for a brave and unfearful heart to destroy the Israelites stronghold.
Whatever stronghold you have in your life is meant to be the place you become most victorious over. Do not be afraid and let the Lord enable you to take out what you’ve been tolerating.