You’re just a kid!

Then David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth." – 1 Samuel 17v32-33

There are always obstacles when we decide to serve the Lord. Among those obstacles can me doubters and naysayers who are going to tell us that it just cannot be done, and even if it could, we are not the ones to do it.

No one was going to fight Goliath, that much was clear. Still, it was a job that had to be done. David, the ruddy youth fresh from his father’s sheep herds, was ready to step up to the task but had to go to the king first. Was the king glad to have a volunteer? ‘You can’t fight this guy! You’re just a kid and he has been fighting his whole life!’

The sceptical king would not deter David, but more on that anon. For now let us be encouraged that cynicism regarding things we want to do is nothing new. Someone is always going to tell us that it cannot be done. While we need to seek wise counsel, prayer, and advice before we act, we cannot be put off by those who simply say that we can’t do it.

The truth is, we can’t do it any more than David in his own power could go up against the giant. The greater truth is that God can.