The Problem With Giants
We have a way about us.
We have a way around us.
We have a way throughout us.
We, in all our humanity, have figured out how to take something so small, so tiny, so non essential, and turn it into the singular thing that takes us down.
It’s our greatest gift and our strongest curse.
Our ability to process.
Yesterday I tweeted this…
Our ability as humans to make an uncrossable valley out of a crack in the sidewalk is one of a kind. Step Back. Look Again. Step Over. Walk.
Today you are facing what seems like a giant.
It may actually be a giant.
It probably is not.
But if it is a giant follow this procedure…
When you are standing at the foot of a giant, and looking straight up, you can not see the entire situation correctly.
Turn around. Walk back away from the giant, turn back and face the giant, and now you can see the whole giant.
Not just his shoe.
When you do this you will find things you could not see from below him.
Like he’s blind.
He is asleep.
He is friendly.
The truth of this giant is far different seeing him from a distance than seeing him from up close.
Now if you turned around after your walk away, and you can’t see anything, it’s because it wasn’t a giant.
It was a lego man that your 3 year old left in the hallway.
You probably stepped on it in the middle of the night and cussed because it hurt for a second.
But it’s not a giant.
It’s a toy.
Now continue on your way and always stop, breathe, step back, and walk.
The giants will morph back into the toys they really are.
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RAIN IT DOWN
I spent my lunch hour reading the last few days of blog posts (I think the David and Goliath argument towards Furtick might be coming your way ha)… I like this one. It challenges me to realize that sometimes if we step back from the things that are holding us back, or rather causing us to lose focus on God’s path, and get a wider perspective we are able to see the presence of God as opposed to our “Giants” shoe. Sometimes I am so focused on the giant in front of me, I forget that it may not really be a Giant afterall… it could just be a Giant’s shoe, which is a lot easier to deal with.
And what’s even worse is that sometimes people in our lives really DO have giants they’re contending with, but we’re so wrapped up in our toy giants we’re useless to our friends and loved ones in their times of darkness & despair. And we miss out on God-ordained opportunities to be a blessing to someone else…
Totally on POINT! This is what I wanted to say only better.
That damm thing called process my greatest strengh and my greatest weakness for sure. God did not ask us to process the process just trust. That my friend is what I am working on.
The Problem with Giants is… They may not be the strongest, fastest, or smartest but….. They will defeat New England!
Best thing you’re ever written, in my opinion.
Thanks.
Sometimes, though, the giants really are giants. Too big for us to handle… alone. Sometimes stepping back doesn’t make the giant any smaller. But stepping back allows us to see that God is always bigger. Good reminder. Thanks.
I needed this so bad today!!!!
And if you step on your kids’ Lego minifig in the dark, the giant is you.
(A college friend was having a discussion on her FB wall today about what’s worse…stepping on a tack or stepping on a Lego.)
Hmm..
I stepped back, and the giant wasn’t so big… thanks for that reminder. He’s still a giant, though, and I have no idea how to nullify his effects.
What I can take away from it is this: sometimes perspective and perception needs to be reset.
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One more random thought – perhaps it *is* a giant, or the crack *is* an uncrossable valley. Is it all bad if we do fail or get beat up by the giant? I think sometimes we have the mistaken notion that if we follow God He’s supposed to make all of the bad stuff go away. My experience as a God-follower is that sometimes it actually gets WORSE when you follow the path He lays out…
I both love and hate legos. But mostly love them…except when I step on them in the middle of the night when walking barefoot down my hallway. LOL
It is amazing how perspective can change things. I fly a lot for a living and always think about this when I’m looking at the ground from the sky. What seems so big and vast can look so ordinary and small from the sky. Giants have the ability to look overwhelming from ground level, but when viewed from God’s perspective they can seem so ordinary and small.
Great thought.
Thanks for sharing!
Max Lucado’s beautiful, quippy self once said, “Don’t tell God how big your problems are, tell your problems how big your God is.”
Good tweet…corporate America does the same thing sometimes…
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Love this. How often to I forget to assess the situation before freaking out and responding in the moment. Thanks for sharing!
I missed this when you did this post, but boy do I need it. It’s a great reminder to put my giants to their correct sizes… I’ve got quite a few surrounding me, but you just reminded me that some of them are my own making as to how big they are.. thank you for reminding me to step back and truly see how big they are…