We typically take the worst possible interpretation of what someone did or said as the truth. We review the offense over and over...I'm not good enough, I'm not special...I'm not loved.
Is there a situation bothering you because you took offense? What message did you receive that wasn't from God?
Continuing in 1 Samuel 17.
Other people encounter lions in scripture.
How did David kill a lion and bear? Did he use his sling like a chain-mace and break the jaw of the animal?
David is not intimidated and gives his own speech to Goliath the giant. What is your self-talk?
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