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The Bible tells us God has exalted his word above all his name (Psalm 138:2). If you aren't sure what that means, get this book.
Finalist, Word Alive Press Publishing Contest, 2006
From Chapter One (revised edition)
THERE YOU HAVE IT: Psalm 138:2, the verse that started my chase for truth—a truth which eventually found its way to the book you have in your hands.
So why write a book about one little phrase in one obscure verse in one book of the Bible? It’s simple. It’s because of the giants in the land, and because buried in that one little phrase is the smooth stone that defeats them.
David found it. Others did.
And it’s there for us. That’s the good news of this book.
We need that stone because we know this for sure: Goliath still lives. In fact, most of us have met him in one form or another. Self employed and renegade, he wears different disguises—disease, financial ruin, family crisis—but every one of them has the face of a terrorist. Like Goliath in the Bible story our tormenter shows up to challenge and mock us, and sometimes manages to do it from a far distance. We don’t even have to see his face. From our neighbor’s yard or from the other side of the world we can still hear his taunts as he whispers menacingly, “You are helpless.”
Sometimes, like all but one of the children of Israel, we’re convinced Goliath is right. After all, compared to giants we’re just—we think—grasshoppers, and who has ever known a grasshopper to kill a giant? We want nothing more than to run and hide to avoid having precious life squished like an insect under those massive feet. But we aren’t going anywhere. We’re paralyzed, perhaps waiting for a David to show up and take out the troublemaker. After all, we don’t have the resources David had when he faced Goliath in the valley of Elah.
Absolutely, it’s true: we’re all too familiar with giants. But giants aren’t the only troublemakers we encounter in life. We also face mountains, towering and black, that stand between where we are and where we need to be. Not as seriously nor immediately threatening as the giants, mountains are still daunting prospects. The sight of them can make us heartsick and stomach sick.
Sometimes the biggest, most disheartening mountain of all is that we simply can’t muster the courage to follow a God-given dream. The safe choice, we think, is to stay right where we are and leave the mountains to mountain climbers. After all, mountains are no place for people like us who are afraid of heights and of the dark.
What I’ve just described is common. All of us who have walked a few miles on this earth have faced and will face circumstances where our confidence is challenged—not only our confidence in ourselves but also our confidence in God.
We may be embarrassed by our struggle. After all, God said he didn’t give us a spirit of fear but here we are, shaking in our shoes.
We may even wonder if God is paying attention to what we’re going through. I remember praying while perched precariously halfway up one of my life’s mountains, “God, you see where I am, don’t you?”
Often, even though we may believe God is watching with loving concern, we still aren’t sure he’ll get involved to help us. While we’re singing “O God Our Help in Ages Past,” we don’t dare expect any real help in the present. Maybe we don’t want to be presumptuous, or perhaps we just don’t want to be disappointed.
It may be that our expectation of God’s involvement has been tempered by a large dose of what we call realism. As a result, we don’t really expect him to do what he says. His promises don’t ring true anymore.
In fact, I remember hearing a well-known Christian television personality say ...
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"This book is brilliantly simple, surprisingly deep, and clearly understandable."
Lorne Rostotski
Past Director, Faith Christian Fellowship Canada
"I feel privileged and very blessed to have had your manuscript put into my hands. ... It is a profound, well documented piece, equal in both its scholarly and spiritual merits. 'Dog ears' are used to highlight pages on which I paused for breath because of the profundity of what I was reading."
Dr. Norel London
Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario
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"The magnificence of God's name and all that it means has renewed and encouraged my faith."
Mary Haskett, Author
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Contributing Writer, Christian Life in London
"A wonderful read; it challenged me. Thank you so much for writing this book!"
Beth Burdick
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Thriving in the Home School and the Donna Dawson novels
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