“Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.” — 1 Samuel 17:40 (NIV)

The small shepherd boy, David, stood before the giant Goliath with a simple slingshot and a few stones. He wasn’t wearing Saul’s battle armor nor did he have any type of military armament, just a slingshot with five small stones.

Of course, the story points out that David told Goliath that he came against him “in the name of the Lord of hosts” (1 Samuel 17:45) but with his faith in God he faced the giant with something as simple as a slingshot and five small stones.

The lesson for you should be becoming clear that when you are facing threatening giants in your life, keep it simple. With faith in the Lord, respond to the giant before you simply. You don’t need the newest, the greatest, the brightest, or the whatever. You just need your faith in God and simple that is already near you.