RUN TOWARD YOUR GIANT! – 1 Samuel 17 Devotional
RUN TOWARD YOUR GIANT!
1 Samuel 17 – Devotional
1 Samuel 17:48
“As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.”
This week we have a special new song for you created by Russ Hansen entitled, “Run Toward Your Giant.” He’d appreciate your feedback on this song–please send it to him at inspiration@thegoodbookcompany.com.
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Run Toward Your Giant (inspired by 1 Samuel 17)
[Verse 1]
Forty days the giant called out from the hill,
every soldier trembling, every army still,
then a boy came running with his shepherd’s bag,
carrying a promise that would never sag.
[Verse 2]
His brothers laughed and said “go back home to your sheep,”
Saul said “you’re too little for the battle to keep,”
but the boy said “I have faced the lion and the bear,
and the God who saved me then is the same God here.”
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s not the size of the fighter in the field,
it’s the size of the God behind the shield,
David didn’t run toward Goliath in his own name,
he ran toward the giant in the Lord’s great fame.
[Chorus]
Run toward your giant, don’t you turn and flee,
the same God who saved David is the same God for me,
what looks like a mountain from where you stand
is already crumbling in the Master’s hand.
Run toward your giant.
Run.
[Verse 3]
Maybe your Goliath wears a different face,
debt or doubt or darkness stealing all your grace,
a diagnosis spoken like a death sentence loud,
or a lie you’ve believed that’s become your shroud.
[Verse 4]
You’ve been in that valley forty days or more,
wondering if heaven even hears you anymore,
but the stone is in your hand and the creek bed’s near,
and the God of angel armies whispers “I am here.”
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s not the size of the fighter in the field,
it’s the size of the God behind the shield,
David didn’t run toward Goliath in his own name,
he ran toward the giant in the Lord’s great fame.
[Chorus]
Run toward your giant, don’t you turn and flee,
the same God who saved David is the same God for me,
what looks like a mountain from where you stand
is already crumbling in the Master’s hand.
Run toward your giant.
Run.
[Bridge]
Everyone who saw him said the boy would fall,
but the ones who doubt you don’t determine your call,
God didn’t pick the tallest, didn’t pick the strong,
He picked the one who knew where his help came from all along.
He picks the ones who know.
He picks the ones who know.
[Verse 5]
When the stone left David’s hand the giant never knew
that the God of Israel was already coming through,
and the thing that tried to silence you and take you down
is the very thing God’s using for your testimony now.
[Final Chorus]
Run toward your giant, don’t you turn and flee,
the same God who saved David is the same God for me,
what looks like a mountain from where you stand
is already crumbling in the Master’s hand.
Run toward your giant, child.
Run toward your giant.
Run.
[Outro — slow and declarative]
The battle belongs to the Lord.
The battle belongs to the Lord.
Pick up your stone and run.
The battle belongs to the Lord.
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Blessings dear hearts! May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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