On Facing Goliath
      I Samuel 17:34
Before you face the giant
	That we might call despair,
It is good if you can remember
	"The lion and the bear."

For every new experience
	(Although some are quite rare)
If you can take time, like David,
	To remember "the lion and the bear."

You see, when David was just a little lad
	Caring for his fathers sheep
Something stole a little lamb
	And David could not sleep

Until he had found the culprit
	Who dared to invade his flock..
Thus he fought the bear and lion
	With a staff or rock.

He did not stop to wonder
	If the animal would attack.
His only thought was of his sheep
	And that he would bring it back.

Now, when he met the giant
	Who was boasting night and day,
So that when the soldiers heard him
	They wanted to run away.

But when David heard the giants bragging,
	He thought of the lions roar.
He knew that he could defeat him
	Because he had done it twice before.

And so it is in our lives.
	When trouble blocks our way,
If we can remember other times
	When all we could do was pray,

Then we will not fear tomorrow
	With its problem and its care.
If we, like little David,
	Can remember "the lion and the bear"

Think not that David never lost
	A lamb to a predator,
But be sure that he remembered most
	What God had done before.

So keep in you memory bank
	A special "Faith Account"
And fill it full of the good things
	That the past can recount.

Remember every time that God
	Answered you frantic prayer.
In other words, like David of old
	Think of "the Lion and the Bear."

For there can be no Giant to hurt us
	No matter how much it is tryin
If we can recall what God has done
	To the bear and to the lion.

So reduce the size of the giant
	By remembering what God can do,
For what he did for David
	He can surely do for you.

Now here is a little secret
	That will reduce the giant so fat
Get I out of the word and rearrange the letters
	And the G-i-a-n-t  will become a gnat.