Fragile on the outside, powerful on the inside

Goliath was a fragile being, just like his father Lucifer, who was dethroned and removed from his glory. He was previously perfect in beauty, and his glory was great, but he lost all his beauty and brilliance. He was now condemned to be defeated. Satan was afraid and he passed on this fear to Adam. He became, with all the demons, a fragile and timid being. The devil is presented in the cinema and in books as the one who oppresses and reigns in hell, but this image is totally false. When he is thrown into the lake of fire and suffering, he will become "without strength" (Isaiah 14:10), like all others who will join him. He will be devoid of authority and power, and all hell will take revenge on him.

We can not look at what strikes the eyes. Saul was wrong when he saw David as a child. Physically, yes, he was a simple young man, but in spirit, he was a powerful man. Goliath erred in "seeing in him only a child, fair and beautiful" (1 Samuel 17:42). David looked fragile on the outside, but he was powerful inside. He seemed incapable on the outside, but he was able inside. Goliath looked powerful outside, but he was fragile. He seemed able outside, but he was helpless before God.

People cry and are desperate. I knew a business leader who was getting rich and whose life seemed to be successful at all levels. He laughed at life. And yet it was not long before the state of his heart, the state of his life, the wide, gaping holes of what he thought to be his strength were revealed. His strength became a weakness that brought him to cry.

These people will make you believe that everything is fine and that you are ridiculous, that you are "just a child", and that what you say does not affect them at all. But they will think again, and your words will pursue them. The Word of God in your mouth will descend into their hearts and continue their consciousness. The Word that you uttered will become in them a fire that they can not contain.

Jeremy Sourdril