The True Meaning of The David & Goliath Podcast

David and Goliath is nothing more than a story in which the Davids of this world are confronted by Giants. And by giants I mean, armies, England National Teams, bullying school mates, terrible misfortunes. Everything you can imagine as terrifying!! And when confronted by these enormous opponents, should I play by the rules of the game? Should I give up, run away or face him? Should I submit to fate and see confrontation as a fatality in life? From the start, David already knew he was going to beat Goliath when he decided to face him. He was used to kill Lions and Bears that attacked his flock of sheep. Large animals. Nothing new to face this type of opponents. Then David faced Goliath, not following the so-called conventional rules of the time. Goliath was expecting man-to-man combat. And it was with this idea that when he saw David he thought that the Israelites were making fun of him. A shepherd, the lowest of professions at the time, fighting a noble warrior?! – “Am I perhaps a dog that you should come at me with a stick in your hand?” If David fought in this way, he would most likely die at the Goliath hands. King Saul had David wear the armour and helmet because he also thought the battle had to be a one-on-one battle. By the rules! David used his sling to knock Goliath down and then with him on the ground cut off his head. David used “his weapons”. On the other hand, Goliath was a giant. Have you ever seen a tall person moving? Look at the tall NBA players (the tallest of all). Tall people are not agile people. They are slow. And they are not the best players in the league. Their job is to rebound the ball. To block the shot. Not running after a small guy, dribbling the ball trough the pitch! They simply cannot! According to the Bible, Goliath was 3.5 meters long. A huge man who in turn needed help to move around. A slow guy like the NBA’s tallest guys! When he saw the stone heading towards him, he most likely thought – oh-oh! Game over! I’m f****!!! Being giant isn't really an advantage. And giants are not what we think they are. What we think is the strength of enormous superiority, is in did the cause of its weaknesses. In reality, we look at the giants as owners of great power and the Davids as fragile, small and weak. Impossible to beat a Giant! How we’re seeing things in the wrong way, just like King Saul did and everyone else who was in that day, in the Valley of Elah. Being David and facing enormous challenges that life gives us can lead us to opening doors that we would never have thought possible to open. Being David and facing enormous, overwhelming adversity produces greatness and beauty, as Malcolm Gladwell wrote. All upcoming episodes tell a story of people – rich or not, famous or unknown – who faced enormous adversity and were forced to face them. The next episodes will show that the powerful and strong are not always what they appear to be. I will continue what Malcolm Gladwell started 10 years ago and continue to prove to everyone that Goliath is not the giant he thought he was!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:13):
David and Goliath is nothing more than a story in
which the Davids of this world are confronted by giants.
And by giants I mean armies, England national teams, building schoolmates,
terrible misfortunes, everything you can imagine as terrifying. And when
confronted by these enormous oppontments, should I play by the

(00:35):
rules of the game. Should I give up, run away
or face him? Should I submit to fate and seek
confrontation as a fatality in life? From the start, already,
David already knew he was going to beat Goliath when
he decided to face him in the battle. He was
used to kill lions and beers that attack this flock

(00:57):
of sheeps, large animals, gigantic animals, nothing new to face
these type of opponents. Then David faced Goliath. Not following
the so called confessional rules of the time. Goliath was
expecting men to man combat, and it was with this

(01:18):
idea that when he saw David, he thought that the
Israelians were making fun of him, a shepherd, the lowest
professions of the time, fighting a noble warrior. As Goliath
asked him, am I perhaps a dog that you should
come at me with a stick in your hands. If

(01:39):
David thought in this way, he would most likely die
at Goliath's hands. King Saul had David ware the army
and helmet because he also thought the battle had to
be one on one battle by the rules. David used
his sling to knock goliathe down and then, with him

(02:03):
on the ground, cut off his head. David use his weapons,
David use his rules. On the other hand, Goliath was
a giant. Have you ever seen a tall person moving?
Look at all the tall NBA players, the tallest of
the tall tall people are not agile people. They are slow.

(02:25):
They are not the best players in the league. Their
job is to rebund the ball to block the chot,
not running after a small guy dribbing the ball through
the pitch. They simply cannot. According to the Bible, Goliath
was three and a half tall, a huge man who

(02:47):
in turn, who in turn needed help to move around
a slow guy like the NBA's tallest guys. When he
saw the stone heading towards him, he most likely thought,
oh over, I'm f words, you know what I mean?
Being giant is real int advantage, and the giants are

(03:10):
not what we think. They are what we think is
the strength of enormous superior superiority is indeed because of
its weaknesses. In reality, we look at giants as owners
of the great power and David's as fragile, small and weak,
impossible to beat giants. How we are seeing things in

(03:31):
our wrong way, just like sinking Soul did and everyone
else who was in that day in the Valley of Ilo.
Being David and facing enormous challenge that life gives us
can lead us to opening doors that we would never
thought possible to happen. Being David and facing enormous, overwhelming

(03:54):
adversities produced greatness and beauty. As maclum Gladwell wrote, all
upcoming episodes tell a story of people which are not
famous or known, who face enormous adversity and were forced
to face them. The next episode will show that powerful
and strong ones are not always what they appear to be.

(04:17):
And I will continue what Malcolm glad Will started ten
years ago and continue to prove to everyone that Goliath
is not the giant thought he was