Slaying Giants Before They GrowSample

Feeding the Giant

Theme: What You Nurture, Grows

Goliath didn’t stumble onto the battlefield by accident. He was raised for it. He had been trained, and conditioned to become a formidable warrior. His towering stature and ruthless confidence were not spontaneous. They were the product of years of intentional feeding—of body, mind, and pride.

And so it is with the giants we face.

Our giants—fear, lust, comparison, bitterness, greed, apathy—do not grow on their own. We feed them. Often quietly. Often slowly. But steadily.

Every time we say, “It’s no big deal,”...
Every time we say, “Just this once,”...
Every time we say, “I deserve this,”...
Every time we say nothing at all...
We place a meal before the giant and invite it to eat—and grow.

What starts as indulgence becomes permission.
What begins in isolation becomes justification.
What we regard as private becomes powerful.

Whether it’s the scroll of endless content numbing your soul, the bitterness quietly brewing in your chest, or the flirtation you know crossed a line—these are not just behaviours. They are feeding grounds.

You cannot defeat what you continue to feed. You cannot expect giants to starve while your choices nourish them. What you feed lives.

But here's the good news: What you starve dies.

Scripture is clear—if we sow to the flesh, we reap destruction. But if we sow to the Spirit—if we feed our faith, nurture obedience, pursue purity—we reap eternal life. The choice is before us daily: What will you feed?

Just as David trained in secret with the sheep and slingshot long before Goliath appeared, so must we train our hearts in the quiet places, cultivating holiness before the battle begins.

Reflection Questions:

1. What are you feeding with your time, thoughts, or habits that are gaining ground in your life?
2. Where have you been justifying or excusing patterns that need to be starved?
3. What does it look like this week to practically “sow to the Spirit” in that area?

Prayer:

Lord of all strength and mercy, I confess that I have been feeding what I should have been fighting. I’ve tolerated the very things that seek to destroy me. I’ve made peace with patterns that are poisoning me. I don't want that any more. Teach me the discipline of holy starvation—of denying the flesh and sowing to the Spirit. Let me hunger for righteousness. Let me thirst for truth. Help me set boundaries that guard my soul and habits that build my heart. Where I am weak, be my strength. Where I am weary, be my shield. Where I am trapped, be my freedom. I refuse to nurture what You died to destroy. In the name of Jesus, the Bread of Life and the Living Water, Amen.