Wonderful book for helping me identify the giants in my life

Goliath Must Fall: Winning the Battle Against Your Giants

By: Louie Giglio

Rating: 5 of 5

There was something about the title of this book, “Goliath Must Fall” that grabbed my attention as a book I must read. I questioned the word “must”, after all, Goliath did fall, but why “must” he?

I began the book with my own opinion of who my Goliath was and what needed to be done to make him fall. After Louie’s explanation of who and what are giants are made of, I realized that I was wrong.

The Goliath that I thought was my own turned out to be a symptom of many other giants that have been holding sway in my life. Fear, anger, control and even comfort have their hold on me. It took reading this book, with Louie’s examples of situations for me to be able to see my giants with new eyes. His explanation that David was Jesus and me also showed me who had slain my giants at the cross, that my thoughts and actions were what were still propping them up and that it was past time for me to finally let them fall.

Louie gives a suggestion of some actions to take over a 40 day period which will help. I’ve read that it takes at least 30 day period to create a habit (good or bad). The number 40 is such a Biblical number and, in appropriate in this instance for the days that Goliath taunted the Israelites. I intend to follow this suggestion to break down my habits that are keeping these giants on their feet.

This is a book that I will turn to again and again as I am sure that my giants will try to get their footings in my life once more. While the book describes events in the pastor’s and others lives, the ultimate direction it always points to is Christ, the giant slayer, all-sufficient and victorious.

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